Home Health Line
06/04/2012

The data below show that most disciplines underperform when compared to their productivity expectations. However, they also show that clinicians have generally improved on productivity over the past year.

06/04/2012

Delaying ICD-10 implementation until 2014 would provide badly needed relief to providers.

06/04/2012

The home health industry now has a uniform cost-reporting format that could prove Medicare isn’t overpaying agencies and save you money on professional help with cost reports.

06/04/2012

Recovery audit contractor (RAC) Connolly has announced it will audit home health episodes where the request for anticipated payment (RAP) has no associated final claim in the system.

06/04/2012

CMS has issued new accrediting standards for HME suppliers that provide negative wound pressure therapy (NWPT) equipment to Medicare beneficiaries. 

06/04/2012

Give this tool to your referring physicians to help them track time spent on care plan oversight (CPO). 

05/21/2012

Make sure your clinicians correctly complete functional items on the OASIS — mistakes can be a red flag for auditors and cost you earned reimbursement.

05/21/2012

The certifying physician must take ownership of face-to-face encounter documentation, even when a different physician completed it, CMS clarifies in new Q&As published May 4.

05/21/2012

Below, HHLhas condensed some of the key guidance in the new CMS face-to-face encounter Q&As, published May 4.

05/21/2012

Patient satisfaction surveys aren’t only for your Medicare patients. Use them for non-Medicare patients as well to make sure you’re capturing every patient’s level of satisfaction and reaping the referral benefits.

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