Home Health Line
01/04/2010

HHL would like to thank these experts who provided their thoughtful insight into what home health agencies can expect in 2010 and beyond:Sheldon J. Berman, principal, Simione Consultants, Hamden, Conn.Dexter

01/04/2010

Jan. 1– Home health agencies must start using OASIS-C forms to complete assessments.Jan. 1– Hospices are required to report visit information for nurses, aides, social workers, physical therapists, occupational therapists

01/04/2010
Agencies do not have to use a standardized tool in M1300 (pressure ulcer assessment). However, if agencies choose to use a standardized tool, it must be scientifically tested (HHL 12/21/09).
12/21/2009
The government has laid out the most complete account so far of alleged Medicare outlier abuses with indictments of 15 Miami–Dade County residents accused of participating in a scheme that
12/21/2009
The tools you’re using to assess patients’ falls risk might not satisfy the criteria CMS recently clarified in its latest OASIS-C guidance.
12/21/2009
Using in-home electrical stimulation (e-stim) therapy equipment can improve your patients’ functional status and help drive up referrals by 10% or more, say agencies that are using it.
12/21/2009
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) seems likely to recommend a zero home health inflation update in 2011.
12/21/2009
National scores for two Home Health Compare measures improve in December update. National scores for improvement in ambulation and bathing increased 1 percentage point each – to 46% and 65%, respectively,
12/21/2009
New CMS data show an increase in hospice lengths of stay and provide further evidence that hospices are at greater risk for denials if they don’t document patient decline.
12/14/2009
Florida’s Miami-Dade County retains its reputation as ground zero for Medicare outlier fraud. But agencies in 23 additional counties also may be the target of future reviews, the HHS Office

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