Home Health & Hospice Week
MASTER THE PPS FINAL RULE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE
Register for these audioconferences on PPS refinements, billing and therapy.
• “The Final Rule Is Here: Master Home Health PPS Changes for 2008” by Mark Sharp. Oct. 15, 1 pm ET, 90 minutes, Audio Educator .
• “Home Health PPS Refinements: Crucial 2008 How-to’s Your Billing Staff Must Know Now” by M. Aaron Little. Wed. Oct. 24, 1 pm ET, 60 minutes, Audio Educator .
• “Standing on the Threshold: How the Final 2008 PPS Rule Impacts Your Therapy Practice” by Cindy Krafft. Thurs. Oct. 25, 1 pm ET, 60 minutes, Audio Educator . v
To browse and register for Eli home care audioconferences, go to www.audioeducator.com, select “healthcare” from the industry menu and choose “home health” from the healthcare specialty box. Or call 1-800-508-2582.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Diagnosis Coding:
PREPARE NOW FOR MAJOR CODING SHIFT IN CLINICAL DIMENSION
Interactions between codes, OASIS items will shake things up in the new year.
Simple diagnosis coding mistakes [...] - Prospective Payment System:
NOTE THESE CLINICAL DIMENSION CHANGES
To obtain the payment you deserve under the new prospective payment system, you need to [...] - Reimbursement:
GET TO KNOW YOUR NEW CASE MIX DIAGNOSES
Learn these 2 additional categories for ostomies.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' final rule [...] - Regulations:
TEST OUT NEW PPS GROUPER
Home health agencies waiting on pins and needles for new PPS grouper software heaved a [...] - Hospice:
DATA COLLECTION COULD EQUAL PAYMENT DRAIN
Changes to claims ill-timed, experts say.
Payment delays and even denials could greet you in 2008 [...] - Billing:
GET ANSWERS TO TOP HOSPICE CLAIMS QUESTIONS NOW
Tip: Include weekly breakdowns on monthly claims.
You have only a few months to master changes [...] - Industry Notes:
KEEP AN EYE ON NEW MEDICARE LEGISLATION
Cuts could develop quickly as congressional session winds down.
Previously proposed cuts to home care providers' [...] - Education:
MASTER THE PPS FINAL RULE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE
Register for these audioconferences on PPS refinements, billing and therapy.
• “The [...]
