Home Health Line
04/06/2009
A new CMS policy for Medicare Advantage plans could mean that plans are discriminating against “high-cost enrollees” by charging high co-insurance payments. It also could mean fewer instances of home
04/06/2009
OASIS-C process measure cost estimates for training clinicians, modifying screening tools and adjusting software range vary from $100,000 to almost nothing, HHL’s recent survey results show.
04/06/2009
Home health recovery audit contractor reviews (RACs) that were scheduled to begin in some areas on March 1, have been delayed until later this summer, a CMS representative told 526
04/06/2009
Some hospitals are making it harder for outside home health agencies to contact their own patients and win referrals.
04/06/2009
Hiring a telecommunications auditor could save your agency as much as $20,000 in one year.
04/06/2009
Hospices won a postponement for the phase-in of the hospital wage index for Medicare payments, but they may not be that lucky when it comes to a Medicare Payment Advisory
03/30/2009
A new version of the Medicare home health conditions of participation (COPs) could require HHAs to assess their care quality and have formal performance-improvement plans.
03/30/2009
As CMS’s recovery audit contractors (RACs) gear up to look at home health claims data, agencies should take a few critical steps now to prevent thousands of dollars in possible
03/30/2009
Take your time when negotiating to purchase your agency’s wireless plan. You could end up with as much as a 25% discount on your final contract.
03/30/2009
The Employee Free Choice Act, which would make it easier for labor unions to negotiate wages, benefits and working conditions for workers, is stalled because a Republican senator whose vote

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