Home Health Line
07/05/2010

Claims with V57.1 (other physical therapy) as a primary diagnosis are being singled out by regional home health intermediaries, coding experts report.

06/28/2010

The latest development in the investigation surrounding Louisiana- based Amedisys involves a class action lawsuit claiming the company’s reported earnings were impacted by intentionally inflated therapy visits.

06/28/2010

Policies and procedures for protecting patient health information need to extend to ex-employees, too.

06/28/2010

Infusion therapy could present more opportunities for home health agencies in the future if CMS adopts recent recommendations to expand Medicare coverage for those services.

06/28/2010
by: John Gilliland

The three-year anniversary of the Evelyn Coke v. Long Island Care at Home case coupled with recent congressional attention has caused the home care industry to question the future of

06/28/2010

After years of averting big reductions in physician payments under Medicare’s standard growth rate (SGR) formula, a House and Senate stalemate over how to prevent the latest 21% cut has

06/28/2010

Hospices can use this checklist when responding to additional development requests (ADRs) from fiscal intermediaries. Failure to respond within 45 days is among the top five most common reasons for denials for 2009 or the most recent time period available.

06/28/2010
Confusion about how to answer OASIS-C wound questions likely contributed to an initial drop in the average case-mix weight for some agencies.
06/21/2010

Home health agency owners should prepare for increased opportunities to sell their agencies as the economy starts to improve and interest in home health picks up.

06/21/2010

Agencies might dodge the recovery audit contractor (RAC) bullet, but they may remain in the line of fire of other post-payment reviewers.

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