Home Health Line
07/19/2007
A dragnet-style “demonstration” against home health fraud affecting more than 800 HHAs in Los Angeles and Houston announced July 17 could become a new government weapon against home health fraud
07/19/2007
About half of home health agencies use point of care devices or similar clinical technology to help with their billing processes, but it doesn't seem to be helping them avoid
07/19/2007
Baptist Home Health Care in Jacksonville, Fla. uses this log as part of its productivity tracking system to reward staff for work above and beyond minimum productivity levels [HHL 7/16/07].
07/19/2007
The word from home health coding experts: Your agency hasn’t learned much if it only knows that application of CMS’s proposed PPS changes to OASIS assessments of its current patients
07/12/2007
Establish clear productivity goals for your staff and they'll probably thank you. But set up a system that rewards them for any work over and above minimum productivity levels, and
07/12/2007
There’s some good news, and some even better news for those of you looking for more collaborative referral sources.
07/12/2007
National averages for improvement in bathing, improvement in management of oral meds and improvement in dyspnea all rose by one percentage point, according to the latest Home Health Compare update
07/12/2007
HHAs are uncovering some unpleasant surprises as they explore the financial impact of CMS' proposed PPS overhaul. Upshot: The sooner you get started, the better.
07/12/2007
Your documentation requirements for negative pressure wound therapy are about to get stricter.
07/05/2007
When Congress suspended OASIS assessments for private pay patients in 2003, it was considered regulatory relief for the industry [HHL 4/28/06]. But most home health agencies apparently didn't see it

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