Home Health Line
03/29/2007
Clarification: If an HHA user of the 3.8.3. version of Misys Healthcare System for home care needs to remove a referring physician's national provider indentifier (NPI) from its Medicare claims,
03/29/2007
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) has reintroduced the “Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2007” that would encourage home health agencies to use telehealth [HHL 10/14/05]. The bill has been referred
03/29/2007
Three of the national outcomes posted on CMS's Home Health Compare Web site moved up one percentage point since the December 2006 update: “percent of patients who get better at
03/29/2007
Place in patients' initial information packets a written procedure to register complaints with your agency, recommends Arlene Maxim, home health consultant of A.D. Maxim & Associates in Troy, Mich.
03/26/2007
When you present your outcomes data to your referral sources, be sure to include an explanation of how the outcomes are calculated and a link to CMS's Home Health Compare
03/26/2007
Your agency can now spend $329 a year on promotional items given to physician offices. CMS adjusts the compensation limits each year based on the Consumer Price Index-Urban for the
03/26/2007
Are your aides legally qualified?
03/26/2007
Want the low-down on the Panasonic T5 laptop? Here’s how Tim Rowan, editor of Home Care Automation Report, an HHL partner publication, recently assessed the new product for his HCAR
03/26/2007
Continue to use your Medicare/Medicaid provider number on OASIS assessments and survey and certification documents after the NPI implementation May 23, CMS says in a recent memo. The Medicare/Medicaid provider
03/26/2007
Correction: Home health agencies must now append the four-digit ZIP code suffix to their own agency ZIP code or codes on their Medicare claims. Seattle-based Swedish Home Care Services noted

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