Home Health Line
11/23/2009
Handheld devices are growing in popularity, and agencies are using those devices more for home health aides rather than clinicians.
11/23/2009
A recent Medicaid fraud case in west Texas highlights the importance of guarding against potential visit fraud at your agency.
11/23/2009
A new Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) look at home health rates could lead to changes in how Medicare pays agencies.
11/23/2009
HHAs could get more help from QIOs soon. CMS has awarded a contract to the West Virginia Medical Institute & Quality Insights, the state QIO, to recruit home health agencies across
11/23/2009
Get your foot in the door of area businesses by sending their CEOs a letter that begins, “If I could save your company between $1.3 million and $3.7 million, or
11/23/2009
Although it can be costly, find ways to ensure your caregivers receive prehire physicals that include a Tuberculosis (TB) skin test, or risk liability down the road.
11/23/2009
Of the 10 most common primary diagnoses, patients with chronic skin ulcers (707) have the highest non-routine supplies add-on at $197.09, according to national benchmark vendor Outcome Concept Systems in
11/16/2009
A suit pending in a Little Rock, Ark., federal court offers further evidence that providers increasingly are using the False Claims Act against competitors – and one HHA versus another HHA
11/16/2009
Agencies that use nurses to manage unskilled caregivers will have to jump through an additional hoop or risk denials for claims submitted after Jan. 1.
11/16/2009
Improving clinician productivity may be as simple as changing who’s in charge.

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