Home Health Line
10/19/2007
Agencies nationwide will receive $686 less for early episodes after Jan. 1, when patients receive 10-13 therapy visits, according to new data from Seattle-based information company Outcome Concept Systems. And
10/19/2007
There’s a glimpse of hope that you could avoid four years of payments cuts related to the case-mix creep.
10/12/2007
Your agency’s marketing strategy may not maximize Medicare payment opportunities once the PPS changes take effect Jan. 1, warns consultant Steve Telles of Management Consulting Services in Albuquerque, N.M.
10/08/2007
Don’t get too comfortable if you’re lucky enough to hold a seat among those top 100 agencies nationwide that achieved a balance in quality outcomes, quality improvement and financial performance. Only 28% of the top 100 managed to make it on the list for two consecutive years, according to recent data complied by Seattle-based information company Outcome Concept Systems.
10/08/2007
Tap into a little-known niche service line called a travel health clinic and you could outstrip your projected net profit by more than 40% in one year.
10/08/2007
CMS's national average score for acute care hospitalization has slipped in its first-ever change since Home Health Compare launched in 2003, moving from 28% to 29% in CMS's September update.
10/08/2007
by: Burt Schorr
Expect an Office of Inspector look at the extent to which HHRGs ‘are accurate and supported by documentation in the medical record.” In its fiscal 2008 work plan, OIG says
10/08/2007
by: Burt Schorr
Although the House has passed a bill that would sharply cut Medicare funding for Medicare Advantage plans [HHL 7/30/07], that hasn’t slowed torrid growth in the number of plans that
10/01/2007
Contract with a claims clearinghouse to track the billing rules for your managed care plans and you could save as much as $52,000 over 12 months, if one agency is
10/01/2007
CMS’s two-year home health revalidation demo affecting more than 800 HHAs in the Houston and Los Angeles metro areas could evolve into a nationwide safeguard against home health fraud [HHL 7/23/2007]. Curious to know more about how CMS intends it to work?

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