Home Health Line
01/02/2012

To prepare for increased compliance/audit activity in 2012, agencies should take the following actions:

01/02/2012

For the first time in an HHL trend issue, we offer you a look at how last year’s predictions turned out. The result: We mostly got it right.

01/02/2012

It’s official: You’ll be able to submit claims using the old 4010 standard until April 1 if you’re not ready to upgrade to 5010.

01/02/2012

HHL cordially thanks these industry leaders who shared their insights into the state of the home health industry in 2012 and beyond:

12/19/2011

Prepare for Medicaid billing delays if you operate in one of seven states who have announced they won’t be ready to meet CMS’ Jan. 1 deadline for using the new 5010 claim submission standard.

12/19/2011

Approach a bank for a line of credit now if your agency won’t be ready for the 5010 claim submission standard or if you need extra resources to tide you over.

12/19/2011

Zone Program Integrity Contractors (ZPICs) and other auditors have been ramping up hospice scrutiny in recent months, making it crucial to devise a plan now to prevent giving back earned

12/19/2011

If you think you can’t train your staff on compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) because you don’t have the funds, think again. It doesn’t have

12/19/2011

Agencies with certain face-to-face encounter denials would get paid for those claims under new instructions CMS published Dec. 8, but those payments could take as long as four months to

12/12/2011
Despite its announcement of an enforcement delay for the 5010 claim submission standard, CMS is standing firm on its ICD-10 implementation date of Oct. 1, 2013, the federal Medicare agency

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