Home Health & Hospice Week
Examine Male Patients For Cognitive Impairment
You may want to look at your male patients a little more critically when filling out OASIS items related to cognitive impairment. A new National Institutes of Health study finds such impairment is more common in older men than older women. Scientists from the Mayo Clinic evaluated the cognitive health of 1,969 dementia-free older people and found 16 percent showed signs of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), the NIH National Institute on Aging says in a release. "Prevalence was greater among the older participants, and it was consistently higher in men than women across all age ranges." The study appears in the Sept. 7 issue of Neurology. The abstract is at www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/75/10/889.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Fraud & Abuse:
ZPICs Take Down Home Care Providers
You might be next on the fraud contractors' hit list, experts warn. You could be [...] - Reimbursement:
Therapy, Outliers Catch ZPICs' Eye
Zone Program Integrity Contractors use the blanket term of "aberrant billing" to describe how they [...] - Audits:
Texas HHA Faces Closure Based On 40 Claims
When a ZPIC knocks on your door, you're already in trouble. If you aren't taking [...] - Case Study:
Homebound Status Trips Up Audited HHA
If your patient is leaving the home, you'd better show it takes a great and [...] - Hospice:
Know Your Care Plan Duties For Hospice Patients In Nursing Homes
Avoid survey troubles with this expert advice. If you're confused over how to comply with [...] - Industry Notes:
Watch Out For Pre-Pay Review For Test Strips
Medicare wastes $50 million on high-utilization test strips, OIG says. If you supply blood glucose [...] - Beware Adjusted Claims Payment Problem
You can expect big delays to adjustment payments for some home health agency claims, thanks [...] - Get Ready For PECOS Informational Edits.
Starting next month, you'll find out how big of a bite the PECOS requirement is [...] - OSC Snafu Stalls Hospice Reimbursement.
A payment system glitch could be holding up your hospice claims, but a temporary solution [...] - Congress To Hold Competitive Bidding Hearing
- Work ICD-10 Costs Into Your Budget
You'd better start figuring ICD-10 transition costs into your ever-shrinking budget. "The October 1, 2013 [...] - September Last Month To Avoid CAHPS Pay Cut
This month is your last chance to get on the CAHPS train and avoid a [...] - Examine Male Patients For Cognitive Impairment
You may want to look at your male patients a little more critically when filling [...] - Former HHA Secretary Pleads Guilty To Embezzling
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer -- but sometimes it's hard to tell the [...]
