Home Health Line
06/18/2012

The new calculation method also will change the start and end dates for counting beneficiaries attributed to each cap year, CMS clarifies in its June 1 transmittal.

06/18/2012

Individual hospice patients who receive services over several cap years will have visits apportioned to each year beginning with the 2012 cap year. 

06/18/2012

New CMS data show that the most common standard-level citations in 2011 were related to deficiencies in the plan of care. 

06/18/2012

If your agency is located in zone 3, you could see zone program integrity contractor (ZPIC) audits become less burdensome through improved communication between your agency and the contractor. 

06/18/2012

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has removed its recently issued face-to-face encounter forms from the links shared in last week's HHL.

06/18/2012

The following example was compiled by Chicago-based consultant Rebecca Friedman Zuber with the assistance of Bonny Kohr, manager of clinical services at FR&R Healthcare Consulting in Deerfield, Ill. It shows a plan of care that is both concise and specific to the patient

06/18/2012

This sample of an overlong plan of care with boilerplate phrases was provided by Arlene Maxim, founder of A.D. Maxim & Associates in Troy, Mich.

06/11/2012

Polish your process for timely claim submission: The latest CMS audit will cost you your request for anticipated payment (RAP) dollars for episodes where there is no corresponding final claim in the system.

06/11/2012

Use regular performance reviews and modest bonuses to incentivize higher visit counts without sacrificing quality or draining your agency’s budget.

06/11/2012

Bellin Home Health increased its daily visit averages to 5.0 from 4.1 visits a day by incorporating productivity expectations into key aspects of the agency’s operations.

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