Home Health Line
06/22/2009
Did you ever think of hosting a Battle of the Bands as a way to boost referrals from musically inclined physicians?
06/22/2009
An upcoming CMS hearing on HCPCS codes for wound vacs could affect both Medicare payments for these devices and patient eligibility for wound-vac treatment.
06/22/2009
The HHS has taken another step toward developing a vaccine for the H1N1 virus.
06/22/2009
Nail down the performance you expect from your billers and you could see your DSO shrink by 15 days.
06/22/2009
Clinicians complete this form at admission to document medical necessity, an important defense against Recovery Audit Contractors’ recoupments.
06/22/2009
Recent indications from CMS suggest that therapy use will be a main focus when Recovery Audit Contractors start reviewing home health claims later this summer.
06/15/2009
Cuts in state Medicaid budgets to meet recession-caused deficits are threatening significant revenue losses for many agencies that provide home support services to the elderly.
06/15/2009
Agencies that fail to repay overpayments could be at risk for costly penalties because of recent changes in the False Claims Act.
06/15/2009
Physicians have a new incentive to claim CPO payments – and to refer to HHAs that help them.
06/15/2009
Contact your software vendor “right away” to ask whether it includes privacy regulation updates in its contract.

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