Home Health Line
11/03/2008
The switch to ICD-10 could cost your agency more than CMS estimates if a private study of physician practices is any indication.
11/03/2008
Home Healthcare Partners came out ahead of its revenue goals for the year, in part due to 85 zebra-patterned Ford Focuses, designed to lure potential job candidates with one simple
11/03/2008
CMS is one step closer to finalizing the new OASIS-C document, which will introduce the biggest changes to the OASIS document in more than 10 years.
11/03/2008
The home health industry isn’t immune from the current economic downturn, according to a recent HHL survey.
10/27/2008
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice has backed up its opposition to the three years of case mix-related reductions facing the industry with a federal lawsuit to nullify the
10/27/2008
Home health agencies report their outcome scores have unexpectedly worsened in the September Home Health Compare update, and the majority of agencies believe it’s due to CMS’s new risk-adjustment models.
10/27/2008
A Detroit federal judge has said “no” to a Michigan HHA that sought court help in blocking a program safeguard contractor’s efforts to recoup Medicare payments for some 140 of
10/27/2008
One way to avoid survey deficiencies is to review clinical records for 10% of their patients every quarter.
10/27/2008
Look for speech language pathologists with the skills to care for Medicare patients and you could improve your clinical and financial outcomes.
10/27/2008
The American Health Information Management Association is urging the Department of Health and Human Services to push back the implementation of ICD-10 code sets to Oct. 1, 2012, a year

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