Home Health Line
08/04/2008
Home health agencies are adopting “incident reports” to document unobserved falls as part of their falls prevention programs. But these reports, which often contain subjective information about the falls, shouldn’t
08/04/2008
CMS clarifies the term “charge.” To comply with new hospice billing requirements, effective July 1, hospices need to report charges for each visit made by each discipline [HHL 7/21/08]. These
08/04/2008
The first analysis of visits per HHRG under the 2008 PPS reveals an average of 11.6 visits per episode for the most common score – an early episode, low therapy C3F2S1.
07/28/2008
Oakwood Home Care reduced its accounts receivable older than 90 days to 3% from 30% by setting standards for collecting the oldest outstanding claims and holding billing staff accountable.
07/28/2008
CMS should rethink its plan to base Medicare's hospice payments on the hospital wage index, organizations that represent hospices have urged in comments on CMS’s proposals published May 1.
07/28/2008
CMS has released new OASIS guidance related to how clinicians should answer M0488 for a surgical wound with a scab -- and it could mean the difference of more than $300
07/28/2008
Get ready for another layer of Medicare payment reviews, this time by recovery audit contractors (RACs), whose auditors’ salaries, in effect, will depend on the amount of provider overpayments they
07/28/2008
CMS released final revised risk adjustment models for all OBQI outcome measures, a move that could level the playing field for agencies with sicker patients and put the federal agency
07/28/2008
None of the national averages changed in the most recent Home Health Compare update, according to the data released on July 17. Note: The percentage of patients who need unplanned
07/21/2008
The new Florida law that stiffens home health licensing with strict anti-kickback provisions also could force a change in Sunshine State operations of companies that automate hospital discharge planning for

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