Home Health Line
03/16/2009
Sutter VNA & Hospice used key concepts from the book Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done to roll out a care transition program that gained as many as 1,000 new
03/16/2009
When one agency learned that two of its patients who died recently were registered sex offenders, agency managers wondered what policies they should have to protect clinicians who could be
03/16/2009
Home health agencies will see no further delays in adoption of ICD-10 code sets and electronic transaction standards.
03/16/2009
Correction: It’s Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. HHL got it wrong in the March 3 issue.
03/16/2009
The subjectivity of “homebound” or the number of therapy visits a patient needs could make agencies vulnerable to denials now that recovery audit contractors (RACs) have begun auditing Medicare’s home
03/09/2009
Medicare rate reductions may be in store for HHAs, but at least the industry will be getting a steady supporter of home care in Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, President Barack
03/09/2009
The home health industry is sitting smack in the path of what could be the perfect Medicare payment storm.
03/09/2009
Create a cultural sensitivity program tailored to the minorities in your community, and your agency could increase referrals and improve clinical outcomes.
03/09/2009
Analyze your non-Medicare payers’ payment habits and paperwork preferences, and you could uncover thousands of dollars in new business.
03/09/2009
Don’t get too excited if you saw the “final” OASIS-C document on the CMS Web page this week.

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