Home Health Line
08/29/2011

CMS will allow agencies to continue using the old version of enrollment form 855A through October, the federal Medicare agency announced Aug. 23. CMS posted a new version of the

08/29/2011

The tables below list the defining features of both bundled-payment models that will include home health participation for your quick reference. Both tables are based on information from the CMS Innovation Center.

08/29/2011

CMS is asking home health agencies and other Medicare providers to apply for a new demonstration that would allow them to receive joint payment for services and share bonus payments

08/29/2011
08/29/2011

For episodes that begin before and end after the Oct. 1, 2013 transition date to ICD-10, home health agencies must use ICD-10 codes when submitting final claims, CMS states in

08/29/2011

CMS has set the stage for a major expansion of competitively set HME rates despite conflicting views of how Medicare beneficiaries and suppliers have fared under the initial round of

08/22/2011

Medicare beneficiaries may find home health clinicians spending less time on home visits or that clinicians aren’t visiting them at all because their preferred agency has shrunk its service area

08/22/2011

Maximize intended results and reduce headaches when you purchase new back-office-to-field software by making the implementation phase a top priority.

08/22/2011

Realize efficiencies in all your departments now to prepare for the final 2012 pay cut from CMS and a possible additional cut from Congress later this year.

08/22/2011

About the expert:This week’s answer was provided by Cindy Krafft, director of rehabilitation consulting services with Fazzi Associates in Northampton, Mass.

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