Home Health Line
08/06/2012

The CMS proposal to impose civil monetary penalties (CMPs) for survey deficiencies has left those who’ve looked closely at the details with a question: What role, if any, will state surveyors play in deciding the dollar penalty and what role will CMS play?

08/06/2012

Of 155 agencies that responded to HHL’s survey on how the proposed 2013 rule would affect them, 56% indicated they use a mix of manual and software tracking. Only 14% said they rely on software alone to track reassessments.

08/06/2012

Approach your software vendor with key questions to gain confidence in your agency’s electronic tracking solution and dispense with manual backups.

08/06/2012

Prepare for future quality reporting requirements and get a better sense of how patient family members perceive your hospice’s care by creating your own survey based on national quality forum (NQF) standards.

08/06/2012

The data below show how agencies currently track compliance with therapy reassessments.

They also show agencies’ attitudes towards the latest CMS proposal on therapy reassessments.

08/06/2012

Hospices will begin to receive their first PEPPER reports in late August, CMS contractor TMF Quality Institute has announced.

08/06/2012

Medicare spending on home health continues to grow slightly, but growth has begun to level off, data from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) 2012 Data Book show.

07/30/2012

After some two years of underpayments to agencies and several unsuccessful attempts, a working outlier fix finally seems to be in place.

07/30/2012

Hospices will see a net 0.9% increase in their payments starting Oct. 1, according to the hospice wage index published July 24. 

07/30/2012

Two of the five publicly reported patient satisfaction scores dropped by one percentage point each in the Home Health Compare update July 19.

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