Home Health Line
11/26/2007
There’s hope that HHAs will receive their 3% inflation update on Medicare payments for 2008, as scheduled.
11/26/2007
The home health mergers and acquisitions market is poised for “explosive growth” in 2008 despite holding steady in 2007.
11/26/2007
Are you planning to participate in CMS’ pay-for-performance demonstration? Your agency could be at a disadvantage if you have a large percentage of dual-eligible patients.
11/26/2007
The revised PPS that takes effect Jan. 1 holds plenty of additional dollars for your agency to earn, especially when it’s caring for longer-term patients. But your coding must be
11/12/2007
The Easy Button from Staples isn’t just a gimmick to sell office supplies. It could be the marketing tool that helps jump-start your conversation with referral sources and increase the
11/12/2007
Does this sound familiar? Your home health agency employs smokers and non-smokers who serve clients who smoke and those that can’t stand the smell of it. So, how do you
11/12/2007
Thanks to revisions by CMS, HHAs have dodged a regulatory bullet – at least for now – that could have worsened the therapist shortage.
11/12/2007
To ensure that you get paid the correct amount come Jan. 1, CMS will allow home health agencies to enter a “dummy” date temporarily for claims completed during the last
11/12/2007
Hospital-based agencies will average about $63 more per episode in 2008, compared to 2007, according to a recent analysis by Seattle-based benchmark vendor Outcome Concept Systems. And free-standing agencies will
11/02/2007
HHAs could continue to get socked with the $1,600 fee that CMS now expects them to pay every time surveyors revisit them to confirm that a certification, recertification or complaint

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