Home Health Line
02/11/2008
President Bush’s fiscal 2009 budget message, with its recommendation once again for a five-year freeze on Medicare’s home health payments and indefinite update reductions after that, is no valentine for
02/11/2008
You could be left in the cold starting this fall if you’re relying on Medicare quality improvement organizations (QIOs) to provide tools and strategies needed to garner pay-for-performance bonuses and
02/11/2008
A tool that guides clinicians to consider indicators, such as the patient’s functional ability and rehab potential, helps clinicians at one HHA predict the correct number of therapy visits and
02/11/2008
One of the biggest challenges you’ll face when creating a promotional or marketing video, such as the one detailed in the last week’s issue of HHL, is the actual television
02/11/2008
In response to an article published in the Jan. 14 issue of HHL, one reader inquired about the possible anti-kickback risks associated with offering physicians continuing medical education (CME) programs.
02/11/2008
Correction: Legislation to require licensing of Colorado home health agencies is being drafted by the state’s Department of Public Health and Environment, not the Department of Health, as reported [HHL
02/04/2008
Promotional videos about your services can become big business boosters, enterprising HHA execs are finding.
02/04/2008
Witnesses at a Jan. 30 Senate Finance Committee hearing offered more reasons for Congress to trim Medicare’s generous payments to its private fee-for-service plans and reduce their rapid growth. [HHL
02/04/2008
Congress added 0.5% to the 2007 dollar conversion factor for Medicare physician rates for the six months through June 30, 2008. But CMS continues to reduce the national average allowables
02/04/2008
Home health licensing changes now pending in the Florida legislature could put an end to South Florida's notorious reputation as a hotbed for Medicare and Medicaid fraud.

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