Home Health Line
02/13/2012

Joining a group purchasing organization (GPO) can be an effective way for home health agencies to save money on medical supplies, telephone services and more, but conduct the proper research before choosing a GPO to ensure your agency stays compliant with the anti-kickback statute and finds the best organization for its needs.

02/13/2012

Forty-four states now are using CMS demonstration dollars to help Medicaid beneficiaries move from nursing homes and other institutions to agency-supported community care.

02/13/2012

Government scrutiny of home health marketing arrangements is ramping up, meaning you need to ensure now that your contracts and employee compensation pass muster to avoid penalties that could run into millions.

02/13/2012

CMS has recently updated its list of providers who have received revalidation requests.A list of revalidation letters mailed in November and December is now available at www.cms.gov/MedicareProviderSupEnroll/11_Revalidations.asp.

 

02/06/2012

A new CMS clarification significantly reduces the amount of costs your agency would swallow when a patient’s face-to-face encounter is late.

02/06/2012

In its fourth quarter OASIS Q&As, CMS provided the following sample scenario to shed light on how a late face-to-face encounter and reset OASIS affects your ability to bill for services.

02/06/2012

Agencies that depend on the so-called companionship exemption say they will make significant changes to their operations that could lead to fewer work hours for caregivers and access issues for clients if a proposed rule by the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division is finalized.

02/06/2012

Take steps now to reduce the chances that you’ll be the target of a Zone Program Integrity Contractor (ZPIC) audit. If you’re not careful, you could end up owing the government $1 million or more in overpayments.

02/06/2012

You don’t want to be caught unawares by a letter informing you that you’re the subject of a Zone Program Integrity Contractor (ZPIC) audit.

02/06/2012

Medicare payment for episodes that began in 2011 and end in 2012 could be significantly different from your projections, but case-mix change and other variables make the ultimate effect on individual agencies hard to predict.

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