Home Health Line
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
11/02/2007
Set up dedicated phone lines for incoming calls if you want to ensure a quick response during an emergency like the fires in California last week.
11/02/2007
Have an independent valuation consultant decide the local fair-market compensation rate and make that the guide in negotiations with practitioners if you want to protect yourself against Medicare anti-kickback enforcement.
11/02/2007
Create a timely billing process if you want to prevent losing thousands, even hundreds of thousands of dollars as CMS implements the new PPS system in 2008.
11/02/2007
A look at regional PPS data shows that agencies in the Southwest will get hit the hardest by the new PPS, receiving a 5.33% decrease in payment in 2008, compared
10/26/2007
Give your nurses and therapists a no-cost monthly productivity calendar page with hours per visit penciled in for each work day, along with weekly and monthly averages.
10/26/2007
A new OASIS “test” adds 30 new process measures that agencies fear would increase the administrative burden for clinicians to complete an already lengthy form.

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