Home Health Line
10/03/2011

CMS has announced the 2012 minimum amounts in contention for administrative law judge (ALJ) hearings and judicial review. The amounts will be $130 for the ALJ level and $1,350 for

10/03/2011
The financial impact of the face-to-face encounter requirement is hitting home for agencies nationwide as they see the number of days between the end of an episode and the filing
09/26/2011

Agencies are receiving a new round of apparently erroneous denials related to documentation of face-to-face encounters, HHL has learned.

09/26/2011

CMS issued a new statement of work for its Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) Sept. 12 that could make home health claims a focus for the first time.

09/26/2011

President Obama has proposed a $100 home health copay as part of the deficit-reduction and jobs bill he sent to Capitol Hill for consideration by the bipartisan “super committee” in

09/26/2011

Deciding whether to outsource coding under ICD-10 or handle the new coding system’s increased complexity in house will be essential to a seamless transition in two years.

09/26/2011

By Nov. 14, your agency will have to post an 11-by-14- inch notice of employee rights under federal labor law, according to a new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule.

09/26/2011
Watch out if you rely on therapy assistants to perform a large portion of your therapy visits – CMS hinted in the PPS proposed rule that it might reduce reimbursements for
09/16/2011
The first week of September saw a near-unprecedented Justice Department crackdown on Medicare fraud – 91 individuals have been charged so far this month, approximately one third of which were alleged
09/16/2011

Phase in the proposed 5.06% case-mix creep adjustment over several years or face the consequences – a “large number” of home health agencies going out of business, the National Association for

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