Home Health Line
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
01/09/2012

The average profit on Medicare patients enjoyed by home health agencies, as calculated by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), is one reason the commission will repeat its 2011 recommendations to Congress in its upcoming 2012 report.

01/09/2012
01/02/2012

Agencies will feel the impact of PPS changes for 2012 in different ways, depending on their patient population, the amount of therapy provided per episode and other factors, industry experts say.

01/02/2012

Look for your profit margins to shrink further in 2012, as CMS is mulling substantial changes to the therapy benefit.

01/02/2012

Expect little help from CMS with face-to-face encounter burdens in 2012 – instead, brace yourself for another deterioration in your relationships with physicians.

01/02/2012

Treat 2012 as a preparation year to design and execute plans to transition to the ICD-10-CM code system.

01/02/2012

Expect to see the number and types of home health audits increase and affect your bottom line more than ever before in 2012.

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