Home Health Line
12/24/2007
Man sentenced for Medicare fraud involving home health. An Altadena, Calif., man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his part in a home health care scheme that
12/24/2007
You soon could access ICD-9-CM code sets with instructional tips and scenarios that aid accurate OASIS diagnosis coding directly from your point-of-care clinical capture device as well as back-office billing
12/24/2007
Expect private fee-for-service plans to pay your agency under the 2008 PPS rules. Plans that fail to do that would be violating their Medicare Advantage contracts and run the risk
12/24/2007
Be careful when using “as needed” on the plan of care if you want to avoid getting slapped with a deficiency during your next CMS survey.
12/14/2007
Home health agencies may get their wish this holiday season, a CMS contingency plan to assure a steady cash flow of Medicare dollars during the transition to the 2008 PPS,
12/14/2007
Have supplies sent directly to the patients’ homes as a way to secure accurate non-routine supply payments in 2008.
12/14/2007
Create a clinical career ladder that gives clinicians a place to move up within the company and you could cut your turnover rate in half, if one agency is any
12/14/2007
CMS debuted this week two new Home Health Compare outcomes on its Web site:The percentage of patients whose wound improved or healed after an operation. The national average for this
12/14/2007
Adopt programs to manage care of patients with specific chronic diseases, such as COPD and CHF, and they might help fatten Medicare margins and referrals.
12/07/2007
Assign your diagnosis coding responsibilities to one or two trained coders rather than relying on all clinicians to complete this task and you can reduce claims denials and prevent losing

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