Home Health Line
01/12/2009
Don’t expect CMS to eliminate the “improvement in oral medications” from Home Health Compare anytime soon, despite an advisory board’s failure to recommend the outcome for public reporting.
01/12/2009
Say goodbye to 32,000 of the estimated 113,000 Medicare-certified suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies. CMS predicts they’ll be taking themselves out of the Medicare program, mostly
01/12/2009
Here’s how Ann Rambusch, director of home health education and training for DecisionHealth, analyzed the possible financial impact of CMS’s new OASIS Attachment D coding guidance. She shows the correct way to code a sample episode (and the resulting payment), based on the new guidance.
01/05/2009
The silver lining for some home health agencies in the storm tearing through the nation’s economy is the increase in job applications and reduction in recruitment costs.
01/05/2009
Harsh as the current recession is proving, it also has helped contract marketing rep Amelia Fulgham attract physician referrals for her client HHA’s new Grand Rapids, Mich., branch.
01/05/2009
A bill to let unions represent workers without needing to first win a secret-ballot election isn’t the only labor legislation employers, including home health agencies, need to keep an eye
01/05/2009
CMS’s recent release of new diagnosis coding guidelines could adversely affect your bottom line, coding experts say.
01/05/2009
Develop electronic flags that alert staff at your agency’s answering service to keep calling until they get through to on-call clinicians. That’s how 3HC in Goldsboro, N.C., ensures it provides
12/22/2008
As regulators tighten their interpretation of the tough, anti-fraud licensing rules Florida put in place this summer, compliant agencies find themselves caught in a web they didn’t anticipate.
12/22/2008
With coffee, cookies and free lunches off the marketing table, Florida agencies have developed ways to get physicians’ office staff on their side.

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