Home Health Line
09/22/2008
Record-high gas prices have forced some agencies to share patients with other home health agencies, but that can also mean increases in referrals.
09/15/2008
With less than two months to go until Election Day, postconvention polls show the race for the Oval Office is just about a dead heat. But on the question of
09/15/2008
When it came to correct PPS coding, nurses at Guardian Home Care in Nampa, Idaho, suspected the agency’s outside coder was coding patients in the wrong order and omitting their
09/15/2008
Hospice leaders are concerned that a new CoP requirement will mean they have to shell out money for more extensive criminal background checks starting Dec. 2.
09/15/2008
A growing number of low-utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) episodes, worth an average of $125 per visit, mean agencies need to evaluate how they manage those patients or risk financial trouble.
09/15/2008
Employee satisfaction surveys have helped some agencies improve their turnover rates. But how do you get staff to complete the surveys?
09/15/2008
NHPCO sues CMS - The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Sept. 5 requesting an immediate injunction
09/01/2008
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the proposed new ICD-10 code sets for procedures and diagnoses that will replace the current ICD-9-CM codes and cost agencies time
09/01/2008
Ninety-one percent of home health agencies expect their clinicians to use cell phones on the job, but only 44% provide the devices and pay the service charges for work-related use,
09/01/2008
Several factors – including job opportunities in other industries and per-diem payment offered by many agencies – make home health aides difficult to retain. But some agencies have found that something as

Login

User Name:
Password: