Home Health Line
10/31/2011

Earlier this year, CMS published a request for comments on how to improve care for dually eligible patients and home health stakeholders have now weighed in with ways to better

10/31/2011

Clarification: An Oct. 24 article titled, “Retrieve reimbursements by appealing, reopening face-to-face related denials,” informed agencies that they have the option of contacting the National Association for Home Care & Hospice

10/31/2011
Emphasize to clinicians the importance of a thorough safety evaluation at the patient’s home – it’s one way to achieve top ambulation improvement outcomes and prevent falls due to insufficient home
10/24/2011

Agencies that have received denials related to their face-to-face documentation are attempting to retrieve reimbursements through a variety of appeals processes, with mixed results.

10/24/2011
CMS has posted new guidelines that would allow agencies more time to collect patient data for the Home Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HH-CAHPS) survey – but the
10/24/2011

Agencies whose claims were rejected because referring physicians had no enrollment record in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) will get their claims reprocessed by Oct. 21, Medicare

10/24/2011

A Halloween mystery: Is the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act long-term insurance program really dead or can it be resurrected?

10/24/2011

The national average for acute care hospitalization has increased by one percentage point to 27% compared to OASIS-C data reported in July.

10/24/2011

It’s time to begin considering how you will react to CMS’ new hospice cap calculation method, as the first Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) has already given agencies instructions on how

10/24/2011

Help your quality assurance staff make their review of the OASIS and other start-of-care documents more efficient with this tool created by Laura Gramenelles, a senior manager with Simione Consultants in Westborough, Mass.

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