Home Health Line
08/22/2011

Maximize intended results and reduce headaches when you purchase new back-office-to-field software by making the implementation phase a top priority.

08/22/2011

Realize efficiencies in all your departments now to prepare for the final 2012 pay cut from CMS and a possible additional cut from Congress later this year.

08/22/2011

About the expert:This week’s answer was provided by Cindy Krafft, director of rehabilitation consulting services with Fazzi Associates in Northampton, Mass.

08/22/2011

A new smart phone application from the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor increases the chance that your employees will think you are paying them incorrectly and

08/22/2011

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced her picks Aug. 11 for the congressional panel that will negotiate deficit-reduction savings and was created by the recent debt-ceiling agreement (HHL 8/8/11).

08/22/2011

If your patient’s face-to-face encounter occurs more than 30 days after the start of care, then the entire episode to date is non-billable and reimbursements will start at the first

08/15/2011

The approaching 2014 deadline for home health rebasing and a recent multi-million dollar settlement mean it’s more important than ever to file accurate cost reports.

08/15/2011

NHIC has acknowledged it was mistaken when it denied claims based on a presumed face-to-face encounter error (HHL 7/18/11). In line with CMS instructions, the Medicare administrative contractor for New

08/15/2011

Contracts between hospitals and home health agencies could become common once CMS begins its accountable care organization (ACO) model and bundled payment demonstrations.

08/15/2011

Agencies still struggling to comply with the therapy reassessment requirement, and forced to deal with non-reimburseable visits, will benefit from a re-education program targeted only at the individual therapists causing

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