Home Health Line
04/19/2010

Home health agencies could experience more rigorous state surveys under new survey protocols CMS is preparing for use as soon as next month.

04/19/2010

Hospices and consultants have started to analyze how a “U-shaped” payment model might affect payments, and it doesn’t look good for hospice patients cared for in the home.

04/19/2010
Look for details about hospice-related health reform provisions in the proposed home health PPS rule, expected in August.
04/19/2010

CMS’s standardized patient-satisfaction tool has been translated into only five languages, making agencies with large numbers of non-English speaking patients wonder whether it’s worth it to conduct the surveys at

04/19/2010

Don’t expect that 2.5% increase in overall home health rates that sweetened this year’s outlier payment changes to continue in 2011. Starting next year, in fact, the new health care

04/19/2010

Focus your private duty marketing efforts on elder law attorneys and trust officers, and you will hit a jackpot of untapped referral sources.

04/12/2010
Attorneys predict home health will be one of the first industries required to have compliance programs under the new health care reform law. For many agencies, that could mean they
04/12/2010
Tired of lecture-style OASIS-C training? Try having your educators and clinicians act out what happens between clinicians and patients during an OASIS-C admission visit.
04/12/2010

A St. Louis HHA’s unusual federal court challenge of an episode payment denial is demonstrating the importance of documenting a patient’s homebound status.

04/12/2010

Buried in the new health care reform law is some bad news for home health marketers: a shortened period of time for physicians to seek payment for past care plan

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