Home Health Line
10/01/2012

Look for “practical tools,” such as checklists and decision trees, from CMS to prepare for ICD-10 implementation in 2014.

10/01/2012

Make sure your quality assessment and performance improvement (QAPI) program addresses all aspects of your hospice’s operations and puts you in a good position to improve the quality of care.

10/01/2012

New data from CMS show that the condition of participation (CoP) which covers plans of care and coordination among the interdisciplinary group (IDG) is cited most frequently (HHL 9/24/12).

10/01/2012

The number of Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees referred to home health in 2013 could rise.

09/24/2012

Starting Jan. 7, 2013, the CMS claims processing system will automatically identify high-risk claims before they’re paid – a development that could lead to new pre-payment ADRs for agencies.

09/24/2012

Two agencies selected to lead a CMS care-transition project say a willingness to sacrifice short-term profit for long-term relevancy and persistence in developing partnerships have helped them gain CMS funding.

09/24/2012

Eddy VNA in Troy, N.Y. provides the following services to help patients transition into the home more easily.

09/24/2012

Enforce a more individualized approach to the hospice plan of care to prevent survey citations for failure to meet CMS content requirements for that document.

09/24/2012

Hospices most often received survey citations in 2011 for falling short on plan-of-care requirements, new CMS data show.

09/24/2012

Evaluate how well your agency is protecting patients’ health information and decrease the risk of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) violations with a new audit protocol from HHS.

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