Home Health & Hospice Week
Whistleblower Suit Settlement Dogs Hospice
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Regulations:
Diagnosis Coding Items Head Up OASIS-C1 Changes
Number of M items collected to drop slightly in next OASIS incarnation. Now that you’ve [...] - Assessment:
Say Goodbye To These 8 OASIS Items Under OASIS-C1
Five items will go away altogether while 3 will stay for only certain timepoints, CMS [...] - OASIS:
Correct 3 Mistakes for a Flawless OASIS Review Process
Employ just one tip to save time and money An effective OASIS review process can [...] - Therapy:
Surprise: RACs Perform Manual Medical Reviews For Therapy Claims Over $3,700
Experts concerned that RACs get paid extra for every claim they deny Home health agencies [...] - Industry Note:
Watchdog Agency Targets Duplicative Vaccinations
Tip: Do your due diligence on whether patients have received a pneumococcal vaccination. A home [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare Still Trying To Get Outlier Payments Right
It’s time to keep track of more outlier payments. A HHH Medicare Administrator Con-tractor is [...] - Industry Note:
HHA Faces Survey Complaint Over End Of Life Care
Be sure your communication with both referring physicians and patients is strong, or you may [...] - Industry Note:
Struggling Nonprofit Hospice Prioritizes Marketing
Dwindling reimbursement and in-creased competition are causing a former hospice mainstay in Midlands, Texas to [...] - Industry Note:
Home Care Providers Hit By ADRs From All Sides
If the blizzard of ADRs hitting the home care industry is confusing you, you aren’t [...] - Industry Note:
Solve Overlap Problems With New Billing Guides
Help avoid denials for claims that overlap with other providers’ claims by using some new [...] - Industry Note:
LTC Chain Buys HHAs On Opposite Sides Of U.S.
Long-term care giant Kindred Health-care Inc. plans to buy the assets of Arrowhead Home Health [...] - Industry Note:
Quaker Charity To Close HHA's Doors
Mercer Street Friends Home Health Care in Trenton, N.J. plans to turn over its 2,000 [...] - Industry Note:
Whistleblower Suit Settlement Dogs Hospice
The hospice that settled a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a competitor is back in court [...]
