Home Health & Hospice Week
Study: Patients Who Refuse HH Rehospitalized More
If you want to encourage referrals from hospital sources, you can use a new study to do so. “When patients who have been discharged from inpatient care refuse home health care services, they may experience higher rates of readmission to the hospital and a lower quality of life,” found a report from the United Hospital Fund and the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation. For 28 percent of 495 eligible patients who refused home health care services, they were twice as likely as those who accepted to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 or 60 days, says a study headed by Kathyrn Bowles of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York and the University of Pennsylvania. See the report online at www.uhfnyc.org/publications/881209.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Therapy:
Therapy Denials Rain Down On HHAs
Thousands of claims reviewed in past months. While you may think any amount of medical [...] - Medical Review:
Don't Let These Therapy Denial Reasons Torpedo Your Claims
Missing goals, measurements a common claim-killer. Palmetto GBA and the other HHH MACs have a [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
OIG Report Points To Misguided Fraud Policy For HHAs
Regulatory requirements aren’t catching the real criminals, attorney argues. Since the HHS OIG lists home [...] - Hospice:
OIG Circles Back To Hospice Fraud Hot Spots
Start your self-audits before you see penalties. Hospices should learn a lesson from home health [...] - Industry Note:
Joint Bundling Program Postponed
Jan. 1 new target date. Home care providers have some extra months before they’ll see [...] - Industry Note:
Medicaid Whacked In Trump Budget Proposal
There may not be any direct Medicare cuts to home health and hospice services in [...] - Industry Note:
Claims Glitch Recovery Process Depends On MAC
The NPI crosswalk glitch that was causing some agencies to have all their claims returned [...] - Industry Note:
Check Your Revalidation Date Under New Schedule
Medicare has resumed its “regular revalidation cycles” after its campaign to have providers revalidate under [...] - Industry Note:
Study: Patients Who Refuse HH Rehospitalized More
If you want to encourage referrals from hospital sources, you can use a new study [...] - Industry Note:
Texas Hospice, Physician Owner Raided By FBI
FBI agents and Texas State Troopers raided the Houston and Beaumont offices of Harbor Hospice, [...] - Industry Note:
Mother And Son Sentenced To 10, 7 Years For Fraud
A mother and son in Ohio have been sentenced to 10 and seven years, respectively, [...] - Industry Note:
State's Hidden Cameras Catch Patient Abuse By HH Aides
A popular New Jersey program providing hidden cameras to observe home health aides could spread [...] - Industry Note:
Warn Your Patients: OIG Phone Scams Continue
Tell your patients to be wary of callers offering them prizes or cash for personal [...]
