Home Health Line
03/15/2010

Continued use of 2009 physicians rates until Oct. 1, 2010, seems likely. The new extension – part of a catch-all bill approved by the Senate but yet to be approved by

03/15/2010

To prepare for CMS’s new standardized Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) surveys, Arizona-based Heritage Home Healthcare & Hospice has implemented a post-admission questionnaire that’s given to patients a week after admission.

03/15/2010
Clinicians often struggle to determine whether wounds require skilled care. That confusion could result in medical necessity denials and could cost your agency entire episode payments – an average of $2,200.
03/08/2010

Home health agencies take note: Lost and stolen laptops and portable electronic devices figure prominently in a recently released HHS list of patient-information breaches affecting more than 500 patients.

03/08/2010

A recent court case that cost one New Hampshire hospital more than $33,000 underscores the importance of home health agencies checking the Office of Inspector General’s exclusion list before they

03/08/2010
Imagine using technology that would allow you to monitor patients through webcams and motion sensors that detect when patients are in danger or have fallen, for instance.
03/08/2010
The most recent Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress is a generous dose of bad news for the home health industry.
03/08/2010

For one agency, successfully implementing its software program meant re-interviewing its clinicians to determine computer skills and proficiency.

03/08/2010

CPO rates could be delayed until the end of March. Physicians’ care plan oversight (CPO), certification and recertification rates for 2010 now could be delayed until March 31 or even

03/08/2010
Agencies need to turn their attention to CMS’s new patient-satisfaction survey or risk losing future inflation updates.

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