Home Health Line
07/21/2008
With many Republicans breaking ranks to help override President Bush’s veto of the pending Medicare bill, the House and Senate approved Medicare legislation July 15 that will postpone competitively set
07/21/2008
Mercy Home Care in Cedar Rapids, Iowa had its emergency preparedness plan severely tested last month when Midwest floods caused the agency’s parent hospital to evacuate all of its 176
07/21/2008
Agencies should start to see their late episode claims paid correctly after July 7, since an update from CMS was implemented, a CMS staffer said in an email to HHL.
07/21/2008
Higher gas costs, as reflected in the IRS’ 8-cent mileage allowance hike to 58.5 cents per mile on July 1, has prompted agencies to take extreme measures, such as turning
07/21/2008
As the smoke begins to clear from the 2008 PPS changes, a detailed analysis of first-quarter data reveals differences in therapy habits among different agencies, such as proprietary and not-for-profit.
07/07/2008
Gov. Charlie Crist signed Florida’s new licensing amendments into law on June 30, as reported on the governor’s Web site. The requirements, which took effect July 1, aim to end
07/07/2008
Home health agencies accredited by the Joint Commission will need to start providing medication lists to patients, caregivers and physicians upon discharge, a step that agencies say could add to
07/07/2008
Senate Democrats and Republicans left Washington for their July 4 break without resolving a Medicare bill impasse that centers on reductions in payments for all Medicare Advantage plans and a
07/07/2008
Home health agencies report a 2.8% average annualized improvement in quality from 1994 to 2005; only hospitals report a better improvement at 2.9%, according to the 2007 National Healthcare Quality
07/07/2008
It’s not enough that Medicare is paying physicians an aveIn a request for comments on such a reduction in both cert and recert payments, CMS suggests it would be justified

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