Home Health Line
08/08/2011

Hospices will see a 2.5% net payment increase in 2012 as well as more flexibility related to the face-to-face encounter requirement, according to the final wage index, which was published

08/08/2011

Whistleblower suits against home health agencies under the federal False Claims Act have been rare, but one such suit recently unsealed in Lexington, Ky., shows why agencies shouldn’t ignore the

08/08/2011

Take a close look at your discharge policy to avoid partial episode payment (PEP) adjustments which can cost you patients and Medicare dollars.

08/08/2011
Rather than agonize over lost referrals due to physician frustrations with face-to-face rules or hospitals that refer strictly to their own home health branch, some agency marketing and sales teams
08/01/2011

The payment rate increase for low-therapy episodes and decrease for high-therapy episodes in CMS’ proposed 2012 PPS rule mean agencies must begin auditing their utilization numbers now to understand the

08/01/2011

Expect more denials from your Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) for hospice services you provide in nursing homes in the wake of a new report from the HHS Office of Inspector

08/01/2011

Something as simple as hiring a new administrator could draw your agency into the maze of unanswered questions created by the final version of CMS’ new 855A change-of-ownership or control

08/01/2011

The Department of Justice has announced another guilty plea in the $25 million Medicare fraud scheme involving Miami-based ABC Home Health Care. Vicente Guerra-Nistal was a patient recruiter for the

08/01/2011

You can now improve your acute-care hospitalization and other outcome scores using the new risk-adjusted outcomes data posted on Home Health Compare July 21.

08/01/2011
Marketing a home health agency has become harder than ever in the age of face-to-face encounters, aggressive competition for referrals and limited access to physicians.

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