Home Health Line
10/08/2012

Even if your agency is hospital-based, you may still need to earn the business of that hospital and its affiliated providers. You’ll grow referrals and improve your chances of getting a seat at the table as your hospital works to decrease readmissions and improve care transitions.

10/08/2012

Take your volunteer service component beyond the bare minimum to save money and bolster administrative and spiritual components of your hospice operations.

10/08/2012

In building your volunteer force, make sure to protect yourself from the increased liability to which it might expose you. Attorneys have the following advice.

10/08/2012

There’s a new reason to update your compliance program: Government auditors are devoting greater attention to providers who bill for services provided by individuals who have been excluded from Medicare or Medicaid.

10/08/2012

The new refresh of patient satisfaction data on Home Health Compare will occur on or about Oct. 18, CMS announced at its Oct. 3 open-door forum.

10/08/2012

The 2013 HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plan includes a review of face-to-face compliance.

10/01/2012

Big changes are coming to Home Health Compare: CMS will soon report agencies’ scores on acute care hospitalization (ACH) and emergency department (ED) use without hospitalization as claims-based measures.

10/01/2012

Looking to join a partnership with other providers? Your agency might have to have acceptable outcomes scores, 24/7 caregiver availability and “specialty programs or services of distinction.”

10/01/2012

The Independence at Home program run by the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System in Richmond is using the following criteria to select home health partners.

10/01/2012

Rely on appropriate financial benchmarks based on your agency’s size and operational structure as you put together your budget for 2013.

Login

User Name:
Password: