Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Counter Physician Signature Problems With Log
Published on Fri May 03, 2013
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Hospice Payment Rates To Tick Up 1% Next Year
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CMS To Ban Debility, Failure To Thrive As Primary Diagnoses On Hospice Claims
Most hospices still aren’t reporting secondary diagnoses, CMS fumes. If you thought CMS was cracking [...] - Strategy:
Use This Tool To Problem-Solve In Your Agency
Consider a ‘learning circle’ to crack tough issues. Whether you need your staff to brainstorm [...] - Tool:
Maximize 'Learning Circle' Potential With These Questions
Tip: Mix specific and open-ended questions. In addition to questions on specific clinical and policy [...] - Medical Re view:
CERT Reviewers Deny Claims Based On F2F
Would your face-to-face documentation pass medical review muster? Have you been letting docs slide on [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare Ramps Up Readmission Penalties
Plus: CMS adds two new DRGs to readmission penalty list. Hospitals soon will have even [...] - Industry Note:
E-Mail Causes Hospice HIPAA Violation
Make sure your staff are thoroughly trained — and reinforced — about HIPAA-compliant e-mail procedures. [...] - Industry Note:
Monitor Your RAPs
With HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA setting RAPs to pay nothing if you have [...] - Industry Note:
Trade Groups Merge
The National Association of Indepen-dent Medical Equipment Suppliers will merge with the American Association for [...] - Industry Note:
Counter Physician Signature Problems With Log
Are you having trouble with ordering physicians signing documentation differently at different times? Counter that [...] - Industry Note:
HHA Office Worker Pleads Guilty In Detroit
A home health office worker has pled guilty to Medicare fraud in the $24 million [...] - Industry Note:
Agency Closes In Face Of Medicaid Investigation
Deaconess Home Health in Milwaukee has closed in the face of a Medicaid investigation, leaving [...] - Industry Note:
Kindred Makes Texas Buy
Long-term care giant Kindred Health-care Inc. is aiming to increase its presence in the wider [...] - Industry Note:
San Diego Hospice Facility Goes To Highest Bidder
San Diego Hospice’s inpatient facility has gone to the highest bidder. After 50 bids in [...]
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