Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Tap This Education Tool For Memory Problems
Published on Fri Dec 06, 2013
Looking for a resource to share with your patients with memory problems and their families? Check out a new booklet from the Joint Commission’s Speak Up campaign. The brochure "Speak Up: What You Should Know About Memory Problems and Dementia" at www.jointcommission.org/speakup_memory_problems, gives facts and advice on the condition.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Prospective Payment System:
Billions In Rebasing Cuts Finalized In 2014 PPS Rule
Brace for wave of closures and sales. CMS has pared back the home health agen-cy [...] - Reimbursement:
LUPA, Supplies Payments Down From Proposed Rule
But LUPA rates still will double — or more. The tweaks CMS made to its [...] - Diagnosis Coding:
Bid Farewell To Extra Money For Certain GI Codes And More
Codes used in tens of thousands of episodes in 2012 get kicked off the case [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare Issues Refunds For Erroneous Prison Takebacks
Don’t expect reimbursement from appealed claims yet. CMS is finally correcting recoupments it made in [...] - Industry Note:
Use These Tips To Respond To ADRs Accurately And Save Your Reimbursement
New edits and probes continue to hit home health and hospice providers nationwide. For example, [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare HH Contractor Keeps The Heat On Hypertension Claims
Make sure your claims with hypertension codes can withstand medical review, or you’ll pay the [...] - Industry Note:
Give CMS Your 2 Cents On Newest Version Of Hospice Cost Report
You’ve got less than a month to give CMS a piece of your mind on [...] - Industry Note:
ZPICs Train Spotlight On Home Health, Hospice
It’s not just your imagination — you’ve gotten special attention from the ZPICs. One Zone [...] - Industry Note:
Tap This Education Tool For Memory Problems
Looking for a resource to share with your patients with memory problems and their families? [...] - Industry Note:
Animal Therapy Helpful For Dementia Patients, New Study Shows
A new study suggests your patients may benefit from interaction with animals. Therapy animals help [...]
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