Home Health Line
10/11/2010

Confusion about how to bill correctly for physician services provided to hospice patients led to $566,000 in billing mistakes in 2009, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) estimated in

10/11/2010

Freshen up your sales pitch for loyal referral sources by using a timely event to highlight one of your agency’s services. That approach helped one agency double its revenue in

10/04/2010

Agencies could face Medicare payment suspensions for six months or longer if a disgruntled employee calls an HHS fraud hotline with a complaint about fraudulent practices.

10/04/2010

National health care associations are encouraging providers to adopt mandatory flu shot programs for all health care workers, but home health agencies are reluctant to follow that trend.

10/04/2010

Several home health agencies and associations have been lobbying to be included in the myriad of electronic health information exchanges (HIEs) that are popping up across the nation.

10/04/2010

Hospices could receive lower overpayment demands if they are allowed to individually ask that cap recalculations spread payments over the years the patient was on service – an idea supported by

10/04/2010

Executives of companies convicted of fraud will no longer be allowed to move to another agency and continue submitting fraudulent claims if a House-passed bill successfully makes its way through

09/27/2010

In addition to restraining costs related to reducing hospital re-admissions, accountable care organizations (ACOs) may be a tool for fighting fraud and holding referring physicians accountable for the services they

09/27/2010

Stay on top of regulatory changes if you want to be one of the top performing agencies in both clinical and financial outcomes.

09/27/2010

CMS’s pending therapy requirements have left many agencies with the overwhelming task of identifying standardized assessment tools and training staff on them before the requirements take effect Jan. 1. But

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