Home Health Line
06/23/2008
With Medicare’s physician rates scheduled to drop 10.6% July 1, Congress is approaching a showdown on competing Democratic and Republican bills in the Senate to fix the problem – and the
06/23/2008
At South Coast Medical Center Home Care, clinicians and other staff who have been recognized for going above and beyond wear their hearts on their sleeves – or collars – for all
06/16/2008
A California HHA operator has learned the hard way that the 500% increase in Medicare reimbursement her agency rang up over a three-year period has caught the eye of federal
06/16/2008
Almost 75% of agencies use digital wound photos to improve outcomes, but the practice raises questions about how to protect patient information from theft and electronic interception.
06/16/2008
The new tracking requirement for non-routine supplies has motivated some agencies to lock their supplies closet – an extreme measure that reflects the dollars at stake under the 2008 PPS.
06/16/2008
Stop nagging clinicians for not getting their paperwork in on time and start rewarding them with a bonus for accurate OASIS and timely paperwork completion and you could improve your
06/16/2008
CMS sends letters to providers to update NPPES data. Health care providers could risk deactivation of their National Provider Identifier (NPI) if they do not have updated information in the
06/09/2008
CMS has issued new guidance about how your clinicians should answer M0520 when the physician orders catheter removal during the start-of-care visit – and failing to comply could cost your agency
06/09/2008
Be sure your RHHI’s billing system contains a matching request for anticipated payment (RAP) before you submit a final claim or you could risk errors and delayed payments.
06/09/2008
When quality review staff notices OASIS inaccuracies, they need to contact the clinician who originally completed the OASIS, ask whether the original answers are correct and if not get verbal consent to make changes.

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