Home Health & Hospice Week
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Amedisys Acquires Florida HHA Chain For $63 Million
Published on Fri Nov 13, 2015
Amedisys Inc. will acquire Sarasota, Fla.-based Infinity HomeCare for $63 million, the Baton Rouge, La.-based chain says in a release. Infinity has 15 locations in the state and $50 million in annual revenues.
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Home Health & Hospice Week
- Face-To-Face:
'Probe & Educate' Claims Reviews For F2F Will Hit Every HHA Nationwide
Reviewers will start with 5 claims per agency. The other shoe is finally dropping on [...] - Face-To-Face:
Don't Count On The Industry's Lawsuit To Save You From F2F
But stick with your appeals. If you think you can duck your head in the [...] - Medical Review:
Survive Probe & Educate F2F Review With These 7 Steps
You may have some hard choices ahead. Under Medicare’s new “Probe & Educate” medical review [...] - Diagnosis Coding:
Final Rule Restores Pay For Seventh Character 'A'
Change will be retroactive to Oct. 1. An ICD-10 change that is taking money out [...] - Regulation:
HHAs Have Unanswered Probe & Educate Questions
Agencies look to hospital P&E program for clues. Home health agencies now know more about [...] - Quality:
Master VBP Measures Before It's Too Late
Strategy to be a top improver carries risks, expert warns. Waste no time in getting [...] - Quality:
Preventable Hospital Readmit Measure For HHAs On Deck
Drug review, discharge to community measures also in the works. Medicare is moving forward with [...] - Reader Question:
You Won't Get Off The NOE Timely Filing Hook For Your Own Billing Delays
Hospice argues it is processing time, not its own billing, that’s to blame. Question: Why [...] - Industry News:
Tell Referring Docs Advance Care Planning Rate Is Set
Payments start for services Jan. 1 and later. Physicians finally will have more financial incentive [...] - Industry News:
CMS Revises Value-Based Purchasing Math
A technical change in how Value-Based Purchasing scores are calculated should increase accuracy when it [...] - Industry News:
ICD-10-Related Claims Glitch Corrected, MAC Says
If you are now receiving returned claims with code 31276, they should be valid RTPs. [...] - Industry News:
CMS Declares ICD-10 Transition A Success
Despite the problems some home health agencies and hospices have been having with ICD-10 and [...] - Industry News:
LHC Buys High-Profile Fraud Target
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Amedisys Acquires Florida HHA Chain For $63 Million
Amedisys Inc. will acquire Sarasota, Fla.-based Infinity HomeCare for $63 million, the Baton Rouge, La.-based [...]
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