Home Health Line
06/13/2011

Assign a task force now to meet regularly and map out future staff training and other changes affiliated with the coding transition to ICD-10, and you will be on a

06/13/2011

Home health agencies participating in care-transition projects aimed at reducing hospital readmissions may find that their participation doesn’t lead to a significant increase in referrals from the hospitals they work

06/13/2011

CMS issued changes to its billing manual May 27 which clarify the use of two nursing G codes agencies are still confused about.

06/13/2011

Reminder: Cigna Government Services (CGS) will replace Cahaba GBA as the jurisdiction 15 fiscal intermediary on June 13. For a May 18 special bulletin from Cahaba that includes everything you

05/30/2011

Medicare providers hoping for a delay in the Oct. 1, 2013, implementation date of the ICD-10 coding system are in for a disappointment, CMS said during a May 18 national

05/30/2011

Companies that automate hospital discharge planning for a fee – sometimes to the detriment of local HHAs that don’t pay to be included in the automated systems – might be violating Medicare’s

05/30/2011

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) warned agencies May 18 about some features of electronic health records that could endanger your business and lead to False Claims Act violations.

05/30/2011

Sending a single text message to your entire field staff or an entire discipline will shave time from your daily schedule and help ensure your messages are promptly delivered without

05/30/2011

Home health agencies already threatened with more intensive CMS surveys and possible termination when they fail to meet standards most closely associated with high quality care would get a break

05/30/2011

CMS will hold a national version 5010 testing day on June 15, but Medicare providers should watch for communication about other testing opportunities from their fiscal intermediaries even before that

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