Home Health Line
08/22/2011

A new smart phone application from the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor increases the chance that your employees will think you are paying them incorrectly and

08/22/2011

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced her picks Aug. 11 for the congressional panel that will negotiate deficit-reduction savings and was created by the recent debt-ceiling agreement (HHL 8/8/11).

08/22/2011

If your patient’s face-to-face encounter occurs more than 30 days after the start of care, then the entire episode to date is non-billable and reimbursements will start at the first

08/15/2011

The approaching 2014 deadline for home health rebasing and a recent multi-million dollar settlement mean it’s more important than ever to file accurate cost reports.

08/15/2011

NHIC has acknowledged it was mistaken when it denied claims based on a presumed face-to-face encounter error (HHL 7/18/11). In line with CMS instructions, the Medicare administrative contractor for New

08/15/2011

Contracts between hospitals and home health agencies could become common once CMS begins its accountable care organization (ACO) model and bundled payment demonstrations.

08/15/2011

Agencies still struggling to comply with the therapy reassessment requirement, and forced to deal with non-reimburseable visits, will benefit from a re-education program targeted only at the individual therapists causing

08/15/2011

Medicare payment cuts continue to shrink home health budgets, leaving agencies with more pressure to grow referrals while also making it harder to incentivize marketers in ways that boost performance

08/15/2011
Evidence of the face-to-face encounter and therapy reassessment regulations’ impact can now be measured in dollars and cents, as earnings reports filed this month by the four publicly traded home
08/08/2011

Medicare home health payments won’t be affected immediately by the compromise legislation authorizing an increase in the federal debt ceiling, but could be clipped by a bipartisan Congressional committee later

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