Home Health Line
04/16/2012

Give patients appropriate notice and ensure they have ways to get help before you discharge due to challenging behavior or noncompliance.

04/16/2012

Hospice face-to-face encounters can occur on the first day of the third or later benefit period, CMS clarified during an April 11 open-door forum.

04/16/2012

Late OASIS submissions were by far the most common transmission error in calendar year 2011. 

04/09/2012

New information from CMS and investigative reporting by The Dallas Morning News have uncovered numerous compliance problems that existed before the government announced its recent unprecedented fraud crackdown in Texas.

 

04/09/2012

Use changing incentives for physicians and hospitals to bring down your own rate of hospitalizations for congestive heart failure (CHF) patients and grow referrals.

04/09/2012

Create a utilization review role at your agency to ensure patients receive the right amount of visits and you can claim the correct reimbursement amount every time.

04/09/2012

Conduct a cost-benefit analysis to find out whether a clearinghouse is the right choice to help your agency avoid claims processing issues and realize efficiencies in your billing department.

04/09/2012

CMS has now posted preview reports for your first set of publicly reported patient satisfaction scores, the federal Medicare agency announced April 2.

04/09/2012

Recent government scrutiny of the Big Four home health companies has put the breaks on their expansion plans, freeing up the market for mergers and acquisitions by other buyers at lower prices.

04/09/2012

The two owners of Miami-based Serendipity Home Health have pleaded guilty to a $20 million fraud scheme.

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