Home Health Line
08/16/2010

Try tying a component of compliance, such as turning in documentation on time, to your staff’s merit raises and you could increase by 40% the number of clinicians who comply.

08/16/2010

Government efforts to scrub Miami’s reputation as the nation’s Medicare fraud capital have advanced another step with the indictment of a Miami physician, six nurses, two patient recruiters and a

08/16/2010

The Medicare trust fund – which pays hospital claims and about 50% of Medicare’s home health reimbursement – won’t run out of money until 2029. That’s 12 years later than previously projected.

08/16/2010

Circle the disciplines involved in each patient’s care then write “yes” or “no” in each column based on whether the clinician completed the measures.

08/16/2010

Offer your caregivers a “better-than-vacation” benefit and you will achieve a superior retention rate, says Pat Drea, vice president of operations for the Visiting Angels - Living Assistance franchisor based in

08/16/2010

Proposed payment cuts could threaten to put 18% of Medicare- certified agencies out of business, according to the results of a recent HHL survey.

08/09/2010

A proposed 4.75% cut to Medicare home health payments may throw a wrench in plans for agencies anxious to sell this year to avoid looming hikes in the capital gains

08/09/2010

More than half of agencies will have to start conducting formal therapy re-assessments to comply with proposed therapy documentation requirements and prevent payment denials.

08/09/2010

Visiting Nurse and Hospice of Atlanta has teamed up with a local hospital to create a care transitions program, and the results are astounding.

08/09/2010

The 36-month rule largely remains an unsolved riddle, despite two CMS clarifications and the federal agency’s pending proposal to shrink its impact by exempting certain home health ownership arrangements.

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