Home Health Line
01/16/2012

If your agency is getting more job applications from nurses than you anticipated, watch out. Their RN degrees are no guarantee they have the experience home health nursing requires.

01/16/2012

Check with your Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) if you’re still waiting for a decision on your Home Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HH-CAHPS) reconsideration request.

01/16/2012

Take a close look at the particulars of your contract if your agency uses outside therapists who are not subject to the tax withholding that applies to payroll staff.

01/16/2012
01/09/2012

Many agencies have seen referrals slump in 2011 as a result of physician frustration over the face-to-face encounter requirement. But take heart: There’s some reason to believe that referrals will bounce back in 2012.

01/09/2012

You have until Feb. 27 to let the Labor Department know what you think of its proposal to require agencies to pay their home-support employees at least the federal minimum wage, as well as overtime for work that exceeds 40 hours a week.

01/09/2012

Miami-area agencies are seeing unusually large numbers of additional documentation requests (ADRs) from their intermediary, Palmetto GBA.

01/09/2012

The increased outside scrutiny hospices faced in 2011 will continue in 2012, but don’t hold your breath waiting for CMS to announce a new hospice payment reform model.

01/09/2012

CMS’ new Independence at Home demonstration is designed as a physician-centered approach to home care – but there is room for home health agencies in the model as well, experts say.

01/09/2012

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