Home Health Line
02/28/2011

A recent home care fraud prosecution could result in fewer payments for private duty agencies serving Medicaid patients with severe mental or physical disabilities.

02/28/2011

A recent review of home health claims by Cahaba GBA showed that many claims still incorrectly include stamped dates or no dates at all, resulting in claims denials.

02/28/2011

Something as simple as an abbreviation for physical therapist on a home health advance beneficiary notice (HHABN) can render the form invalid and leave an agency stuck with financial liability

02/28/2011

Pending bill could remove form 1099 requirement. The threat that agencies and other businesses would have to report purchases of goods or services in excess of $600 to the IRS

02/28/2011

Fact: Physicians get one in five care plan oversight (CPO) claims denied. And, home health agencies that educate physicians on how to secure those payments can reap the rewards of

02/21/2011

Agencies will have more information to prepare for state surveys and avoid deficiencies with revised guidance that CMS sent to state survey agencies Feb. 11.

02/21/2011

Agencies received good news in President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2012 budget in that it doesn’t include the home health copays and accelerated rebasing that the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

02/21/2011

Hospitalists can perform face-to-face encounters and certify patients for home health and then transfer patients to community physicians to sign plans of care, CMS clarified in an update to its

02/21/2011

Your nurses are starting to become familiar with the definition of CMS’ new G codes, but now it’s time to make sure that visit documentation supports use of the codes.

02/21/2011

CMS will increase the amount of information that state surveyors gather from agency staff interviews, but agencies will know many of the questions in advance.

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