Home Health Line
02/07/2011

A month’s experience with competitively set home medical equipment rates suggests bidding for Medicare contracts is shrinking the number of available suppliers even more than the industry anticipated.

02/07/2011

Home health agencies’ outpatient therapy claims soon could face scrutiny from fiscal intermediaries and zone program integrity contractors (ZPICs), leading to claims denials and on-site reviews, CMS announced recently.

02/07/2011

A new Columbia University study could provide much-needed weight for home health providers as they battle steep payment cuts and burdensome regulations.

02/07/2011

CMS Medicare manual update. CMS has revised several portions of the Medicare coverage manual to comply with provisions of the new timely filing requirement, the federal agency announced Jan. 21.

01/31/2011

A lawsuit filed in federal court Jan. 18 could cause CMS to clarify Medicare coverage rules, making home health services accessible to more patients.

01/31/2011

Forty-three home health agencies in Texas and Florida have had their Medicare payments suspended as a result of zone program integrity contractor (ZPIC) reviews.

01/31/2011

Agencies can expect unannounced site visits every time their Medicare licenses are up for renewal thanks to a new CMS regulation.

01/31/2011

The answer to that question could impact your outcome scores as CMS only considers the care episode when calculating those scores.

01/31/2011

Clinicians can determine a patient’s ability to take medication only if that medication is present in the home on the day of the assessment.

01/31/2011

Cahaba GBA has returned a number of home health claims billed with the new and revised G codes for nursing and therapy services.

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