Home Health Line
07/20/2009
HHAs may have protection against wound-related survey deficiencies in the form of a new position paper from the Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses (WOCN) Society.
07/20/2009
Type 2 diabetes patients monitored by telehealth units cost Medicare more money than patients who weren’t monitored, according to results from a recent CMS-sponsored study. That’s a negative for advocates
07/20/2009
Here are two frequently asked questions and answers about the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program.
07/20/2009
Agencies billing to all three RHHIs received overpayments and underpayments from July 7 through July 9.
07/20/2009
CMS has posted a revised OASIS-C document that is almost identical to the last version it released in March. Although CMS still is waiting for final approval of OASIS-C from
07/20/2009
Facility-based agencies have higher nursing visit costs than their freestanding counterparts, new data show.
07/13/2009
When it comes to reducing costly re-hospitalizations, some agencies prefer the transitional-care solutions being tested in a CMS demonstration rather than bundled payments.
07/13/2009
Sloppy cost reporting is one of the reasons HHAs are headed for Medicare rate cuts rationalized by the perception of fat Medicare profit margins, the National Association for Home Care
07/13/2009
During CMS’s three-year recovery audit contractor (RAC) demo, providers were successful with 35% of their appeals.
07/13/2009
Better order more personal protective equipment if you have less than four weeks’ worth of these supplies in stock.

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