Home Health Line
11/24/2008
Here are seven steps that home health agencies can take to protect themselves from costly workers’ compensation claims and unwanted premium hikes:Require your employees to file a written incident report
11/24/2008
Conflict-of-interest questions aside, President-elect Barack Obama’s selection of former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) to head HHS means the home health industry can count on a knowledgeable and sympathetic friend when
11/24/2008
CMS error rate drops 0.3%. CMS estimates that it saved $400 million by reducing its Medicare feefor- service improper payment rate to 3.6% in fiscal year 2008 from 3.9% in
11/24/2008
Use of GPS-enabled cell phones to manage home health agency field staff is explored in a new, free white paper from DecisionHealth, 12 Ways GPS Reduces Home Health Agency Costs
11/24/2008
Despite efforts to front-load visits and reduce hospitalizations, there’s an increase in the percentage of hospitalizations for congestive heart failure (CHF) patients in the first week of care, new data
11/17/2008
Chalk up another reason to believe that Medicare’s fat payments to Medicare Advantage plans, especially private fee-for-service plans, will be much thinner in the future – and that the record-high percentage
11/17/2008
Coders should have two to three days of intensive training about three to six months before the implementation of ICD-10, conclude the American Health Information Management Association and American Hospital
11/17/2008
Despite the additional data-collection burden, hospices welcome new requirements proposed by CMS as a way to represent accurately what services they provide.
11/17/2008
Agencies should pay attention to overlooked OASIS questions, such as M0220, because their answers could affect acute-care hospitalization scores.
11/17/2008
Gas prices have risen and fallen dramatically this year. Should your agency have a system to adjust mileage reimbursement rates to reflect changing prices at the pump?

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