Home Health Line
06/15/2009
The final ICD-9-CM FY2010 code list CMS released contains some surprises, including a specification on a pressure ulcer code, the first-ever swine flu codes and traumatic brain injury codes.
06/15/2009
Clarification: The ABN tool that ran in the May 25 issue was based on one created by Sue Kruser when she worked for Sarasota Memorial Home Care.Quality improvement organizations merge.
06/15/2009
Some agencies are developing more sophisticated methods for weighting visits to help clinicians reach their productivity standards.
06/08/2009
Your home health liability insurer generally isn’t required to defend you against charges of fraud under the False Claims Act, a recent federal appeals court decision confirms.
06/08/2009
Some agencies that bill to National Government Services as their regional home health intermediary are seeing an influx of additional documentation requests (ADRs) that have tied up thousands of dollars.
06/08/2009
New triage tools and protocols can make your hospice more responsive and your patients more satisfied, say hospice executives who’ve tried them.
06/08/2009
CMS’s annual ICD-9-CM codes update provides two new stroke-related codes that could become case-mix in October, according to coding experts.
06/08/2009
The economic downturn is affecting home health productivity differently for agencies across the country.
05/25/2009
New Senate Finance Committee options seem to favor a series of Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recommendations for home health payment cuts.
05/25/2009
Four publicly traded home health companies posted favorable figures for the first quarter 2009. But experts don’t expect this sunny outlook to last.

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