Home Health Line
02/15/2010

CMS changes limits of how much documentation RACs can request. Starting in April, recovery audit contractors (RACs) will be allowed to request up to 300 records per 45 days for

02/08/2010

President Barack Obama’s 2011 budget would allocate money for expanded efforts to fight Medicare and Medicaid fraud and for demonstration projects to align provider payments with outcomes. But the budget

02/08/2010

Agencies are creating an intermediate step for terminally ill patients who aren’t ready to make the leap from home health to hospice.

02/08/2010

Like Medicaid in virtually every state, Wisconsin’s Medicaid program is being squeezed by the recession, which has forced a 5.5% cut in its budget over fiscal years 2010 and 2011.

02/08/2010
Knowing one detail, such as the gatekeeper at your top referral source likes drinks from Sonic Drive-In restaurants, can be a key for marketers to get more patients.
02/08/2010

A stream of federal court suits by hospices challenging the way CMS caps payments seems on the verge of becoming a torrent.

02/08/2010
Home health agencies are treating more obese patients who have difficulty performing simple personal care tasks and are at increased risk of pressure ulcers and infections.
02/01/2010

HHAs be warned: A state attorney general is acting on new power to enforce laws protecting patients’ health information, and others could follow, bringing stricter HIPAA enforcement to home health

02/01/2010

The sandwich lunches some Florida agencies continue to offer physician practices and other referral sources could be illegal under Florida’s strict home health licensing law, but that doesn’t mean the

02/01/2010

Agencies commonly give competency tests to clinicians, but one agency now gives them to its patients.

Login

User Name:
Password: