Home Health Line
06/30/2008
Substitute OT visits for aide visits under PPS 2008 and your outcomes and episode payments will improve.
06/30/2008
Consider purchasing wireless aircards, protected by virtual private networks, to safely transfer patient information from point-of-care devices back to the agency’s main computer.
06/30/2008
HHAs can provide therapy to patients who attend adult day care only if the home health services are provided in the patient’s home.
06/30/2008
CMS has waived or modified some OASIS requirements for agencies in parts of Indiana and Iowa where public health emergencies have been declared because of flooding, CMS said during its
06/30/2008
Increases in gasoline costs have prompted an IRS “special adjustment” to the government’s mileage reimbursement rate – upping it to 58.5 cents per mile from 50.5 cents per mile.
06/30/2008
Clinicians provided one to five therapy visits at a rate (18.3%) almost double what was predicted (9.3%), according to 2008 Q1 data from national benchmarking company Outcome Concept Systems in
06/23/2008
Don’t be too quick to dismiss non-compliant patients – despite the fact that by keeping them on service, your legal liability of caring for those patients increases enormously.
06/23/2008
HIPAA security standards aren’t the only rules to ensure electronic patient information, such as wound photos, stays confidential.
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

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