Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
HealthSouth Buys CareSouth Home Health Chain
Published on Fri Sep 04, 2015
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Home Health & Hospice Week
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Beware 5 Common Therapy Mistakes That Cause Denials
Lack of goals may be your claims’ downfall. If you feel like your claims with [...] - Medical Review:
Hit These 11 Therapy Elements Or Risk Reimbursement
Are your therapists including all the crucial criteria? To hold onto your therapy dollars, you’d [...] - Reimbursement:
Follow These 6 Steps To Protect Your Therapy Dollars
Tip: Guide your therapists to better documentation with a template. Home health agency claims including [...] - Diagnosis Coding:
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You can continue to participate in acknowledgement testing until Oct. 1. You’ve had years to [...] - Diagnosis Coding:
CMS Names ICD-10 Ombudsman
Physician fills the role. Physicians may be familiar with the name William Rogers, MD, a [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
OIG Eyes More Areas For HHA Moratoria
Is your city next on the list? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services hasn’t [...] - Therapy:
Beware 5 Common Therapy Mistakes That Cause Denials
Lack of goals may be your claims’ downfall. If you feel like your claims with [...] - Medical Review:
Hit These 11 Therapy Elements Or Risk Reimbursement
Are your therapists including all the crucial criteria? To hold onto your therapy dollars, you’d [...] - Reimbursement:
Follow These 6 Steps To Protect Your Therapy Dollars
Tip: Guide your therapists to better documentation with a template. Home health agency claims including [...] - Diagnosis Coding:
ICD-10 Transition On Schedule, CMS Stresses
You can continue to participate in acknowledgement testing until Oct. 1. You’ve had years to [...] - Diagnosis Coding:
CMS Names ICD-10 Ombudsman
Physician fills the role. Physicians may be familiar with the name William Rogers, MD, a [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
OIG Eyes More Areas For HHA Moratoria
Is your city next on the list? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services hasn’t [...] - Reader Question:
Don't Let ICD-10 Delay Your NOEs -- And Cut Into Your Reimbursement
Your switch to the new coding system is less than a month away. Question: What [...] - Industry Notes:
Claims Review Changes May Help Your Appeal
Change won’t apply to appeals prior to Aug. 1. If your claim gets denied in [...] - Industry Notes:
Strip These Drugs From Hospice Claims.Will hospices' drug costs go underreported?
Hospices’ drug costs may go underreported, thanks to a claims system glitch. The problem: In [...] - Industry Notes:
Companionship Exemption Lawsuit Continues
The lawsuit regarding the Department of Labor’s elimination of the companionship exemption for home health [...] - Industry Notes:
Double-Check Your Hospice Item Set Submissions
If you leave an important step off your Hospice Item Set procedure, you may pay [...] - Industry Notes:
Two MACs Team Up On Cost Report Appeals
If Palmetto GBA is your Home Health & Hospice Medicare Administrative Contractor, you may soon [...] - Industry Notes:
CMS Clarifies: SIA Payments Apply Only To End Of Stay
Hospices may have a lot of confusion about their new billing requirements under payment reform [...] - Industry Notes:
HealthSouth Buys CareSouth Home Health Chain
HealthSouth Corp.-owned Encompass Home Health is buying CareSouth’s home health business for about $170 million, [...] - Industry Notes:
Regional Chain Expands Arizona Presence
The Ensign Group has purchased Apismellis Homecare, a Medicare and Medicaid certified home health agency [...]
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