Home Health Line
04/25/2011

Standard therapy visits can be conducted by therapy assistants, though you must use qualified therapists to conduct assessments and reassessments of the patient’s progress.

04/25/2011

Your agency could see new opportunities to reduce hospital readmissions and improve post-acute care under a test of care-transition techniques from CMS.

04/25/2011

You won’t get paid if you’re enrolled in Cahaba GBA’s electronic payment system and haven’t submitted an EFT authorization to CIGNA Government Services by May 6, 2011 – regardless of what

04/25/2011

CMS requires only one physician signature when the physician certification and face-to-face encounter documentation are on the same document, the federal Medicare agency announced April 13.

04/25/2011

A provision in the health care reform bill is forcing CMS to examine whether the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is right in regularly finding no lack of home health

04/25/2011

President Barack Obama has signed a bill to repeal the 1099 reporting requirement which would have forced home health agencies to tell the IRS about their purchases of most goods

04/25/2011

Contract employees are likely the biggest reason that a hospice condition of participation related to background checks made its debut on the list of top 10 CMS survey deficiencies in

04/18/2011

The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act included in last year’s health care reform legislation as a way to guarantee home care and community care for some 600,000

04/18/2011

Physician orders for home health services or discharge summaries from acute or post-acute care facilities are acceptable for face-to-face visit documentation if they include certain information.

04/18/2011

When pharmaceutical sales representatives apply for jobs at your agency, ask questions to determine how they’ll handle industry differences.

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