Home Health Line
02/27/2012

Agencies hoping to participate in CMS’ bundled-payment demonstration with other post-acute providers could find their plans complicated by a new CMS report.

02/27/2012

Educate patients and employees on what’s expected of them in order to prevent theft from becoming an issue for your agency.

02/20/2012

You will get more time to prepare for the industry switch to ICD-10, but it’s not yet clear how much.

02/20/2012

Three of the four Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) have begun work on home health audits, HHL has learned.

02/20/2012

If your agency is still struggling to upgrade to the new 5010 claims submission standard, you’re not alone: One in four agencies responding to HHL’s software vendor performance survey said they didn’t comply until after the Jan. 1 deadline or have yet to achieve compliance.

02/20/2012

“Dead on arrival” once again is the House Republican mantra in response to President Obama’s latest budget, for fiscal 2013.

02/20/2012

Mandatory data collection for hospice quality reporting doesn’t start until Oct. 1, but make sure your hospice gets ready for the process now to avoid a 2% pay cut in fiscal 2014 for failing to submit data.

02/20/2012
02/13/2012

Palmetto has initiated a widespread prepayment review based on hospice non-cancer lengths of stay, HHL has learned.

02/13/2012

Due to the recent flood of additional document requests (ADRs) that home health agencies are experiencing, it’s more important than ever to carefully review all services for medical necessity to avoid lost payments.

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