Home Health Line
06/11/2012

Two VNAs have become the first home health agencies to be selected as lead providers in a program for non-homebound Medicare patients who are at risk for repeated hospital admissions and emergency room use.

06/11/2012

Hospice Family Care, Inc. in Phoenix, Ariz. will pay the government $3.7 million to resolve false claims allegations.

CMS will make comparative billing reports available to providers of home oxygen services.

06/11/2012

Compare your agency’s weights for the types of visits below to those assigned by other agencies.

06/11/2012

These examples of actual survey citations based on deficiencies in the plan of care were provided by Arlene Maxim, founder of A.D. Maxim & Associates in Troy, Mich.

06/04/2012

Tailor your face-to-face education to the needs of specialists to get better compliance results from those referral sources. 

06/04/2012

Ongoing challenges such as the OASIS-C learning curve and long travel times to patient homes continue to affect clinician productivity, but many agencies have found ways to improve. 

06/04/2012

Agency productivity also has been impacted by the face-to-face encounter requirement, but that impact has been felt in the office rather than the field.

06/04/2012

Help your referring physicians capture more than $100 per month per home health patient by educating them on correct documentation for care plan oversight (CPO). In turn, physicians may be more willing to send patients your way.

06/04/2012

The results of the voluntary hospice quality reporting period are in and provide an overview of the patient-care measures hospices across the country are tracking.

06/04/2012

Flexible productivity expectations and scheduling based on individual clinicians’ needs have helped Partners in Home Care in Missoula, Mont. grow its productivity for nurses and therapists.

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