Home Health Line
02/15/2008
Here’s a referral lesson from the school of hard knocks: Even a slick-looking physician portal is unlikely to have an impact on referrals without an accompanying physician practice buy-in strategy.
02/15/2008
Whether performance-based Medicare payments to home health agencies will become a reality remains uncertain. But when it comes to joint replacement patients, HHAs already are feeling the effects of hospital
02/15/2008
NPI news. As of March 1, 2008, claims with both an NPI and a Medicare legacy number will be rejected if the pair isn’t found on the Medicare NPI Crosswalk.
02/15/2008
Seventy-one percent of the 197 home health agency representatives who responded to one question on a recent Home Health Line survey said their clinicians are struggling with diagnosis coding under
02/11/2008
President Bush’s fiscal 2009 budget message, with its recommendation once again for a five-year freeze on Medicare’s home health payments and indefinite update reductions after that, is no valentine for
02/11/2008
You could be left in the cold starting this fall if you’re relying on Medicare quality improvement organizations (QIOs) to provide tools and strategies needed to garner pay-for-performance bonuses and
02/11/2008
A tool that guides clinicians to consider indicators, such as the patient’s functional ability and rehab potential, helps clinicians at one HHA predict the correct number of therapy visits and
02/11/2008
One of the biggest challenges you’ll face when creating a promotional or marketing video, such as the one detailed in the last week’s issue of HHL, is the actual television
02/11/2008
In response to an article published in the Jan. 14 issue of HHL, one reader inquired about the possible anti-kickback risks associated with offering physicians continuing medical education (CME) programs.
02/11/2008
Correction: Legislation to require licensing of Colorado home health agencies is being drafted by the state’s Department of Public Health and Environment, not the Department of Health, as reported [HHL

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