Home Health Line
09/24/2012

The protocol for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) audits enables agencies to conduct a self–audit and identify problem areas, says consultant Frank Ruelas, Casa Grande, Ariz.

09/24/2012

Starting Oct. 1, you’ll have to keep ordering and certifying documentation for at least seven years.

09/17/2012

Agencies will be “underpaid” if CMS finalizes its proposal to limit use of the diagnosis payment slot, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) says in its comments on the proposed 2013 PPS rule.

09/17/2012

At a time when many agencies are hoping hospitals and their physicians will choose them as partners in reducing hospitalizations, the VNA of Greater Philadelphia has a different strategy: It has acquired a house calls physician practice as a way to grow referrals while also making itself attractive to health care systems interested in fewer hospitalizations.

09/17/2012

Make sure 60-day summaries justify the medical necessity of a recertification to prevent unwarranted auditor scrutiny and survey deficiencies.

09/17/2012

This table from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) 2012 Data Book shows changes in home health utilization since 2002.

09/17/2012

Most of CMS’ Aug. 24 final rule to delay ICD-10 through 2014 was taken up by a discussion of a new system of health plan identifiers the federal Medicare agency plans to implement.

09/17/2012

Ask your software vendors what help they can provide as you begin to collect data for the comfortable dying measure required under CMS’ hospice quality reporting program.

09/17/2012

It has been nine months since the government proposed to severely limit the companionship exemption, but experts agree a final rule likely will happen – after the presidential election.

09/17/2012

Effective Jan. 7, 2013, you will no longer be able to report your own national provider identifier (NPI) in field locator (FL) 76 on claims.

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