Home Health Line
09/01/2008
Here are three of the best tips presented by speakers at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s “14th Annual Financial Management Conference and Exposition” in July.Develop a monthly scorecard
09/01/2008
Home health agencies have a new set of incorrect payments to track because of the latest claims-processing glitch, triggered by the PPS changes.
09/01/2008
Home care worker speaks at Democratic National Convention. Pauline Beck, a home care worker in Oakland, Calif., spoke Aug. 26 on the second night of the four-night Democratic National Convention
09/01/2008
The percentage of cases (19%) that had obesity as a risk factor in M0290 (high risk factors) was 4 percentage points higher in 2007 than in 2002, and the percentage
08/25/2008
The CMS push to collect millions in M0175 overpayments from home health agencies appears to have snagged on provider-favorable appeals decisions by its administrative law judges and by its Medicare
08/25/2008
Take extra time to interview potential new hires and get a variety of staff members – including clinicians – involved in the process. Then watch your turnover rate plummet.
08/25/2008
Even for patients who don’t speak English as their primary language, telehealth can help keep them out of the hospital, home health agencies have found.
08/25/2008
The former owner of several southern California home health agencies may be headed for an 18-month federal prison sentence after being convicted of evading federal taxes on more than $300,000
08/25/2008
Pay clinicians a flat rate for mileage, instead of reimbursing at a rate per mile, to control costs and increase clinician and office staff productivity.
08/25/2008
Almost 54% of all start-of-care assessments submitted in Q1 2008 list the maximum five secondary diagnoses, according to new data from national benchmark vendor Outcome Concept Systems in Seattle.

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