Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes
Published on Tue Mar 16, 2010
• The presence of nursing home-affiliated HHAs continues to grow. For example: In Vinton, Iowa, Vinton Lutheran Home's home health agency has become Medicare- and Medicaid-certified, reports the Cedar Valley Daily Times. The organization offers a nursing home, skilled nursing facility, Medicare/ Medicaid HHA, and private duty agency, the newspaper explains. "We have that whole continuum covered," Christine Smith, administrator for community services at the Vinton Lutheran Home Health, told the Times. "Hopefully if we provide great services they'll want to come back."
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Legislation:
Health Care Reform Brings Host Of Changes To HHAs
More outlier revisions will lower your rates. The biggest home care cuts in the recently [...] - Regulations:
New PPACA Regulatory Requirements Will Add To Your Headaches
Get ready for some new physician-related burdens to increase your workload. A number of provisions [...] - Patient Satisfaction:
Get Ready: CAHPS Deadline Just Months Away
Exemption application for the patient satisfaction survey requirement due in June. If you've been putting [...] - Therapy:
Untimed Codes May Put Your Part B Therapy Claims At Risk
Don't let RACs bilk you out of this appropriate therapy billing. If you're a home [...] - Human Resources:
Command Respect With A Standardized Feedback Process
Consider these 6 pointers to keep your staff satisfied that you're being fair. As a [...] - Industry Notes:
Expect More RAC Attacks In The Future
And CMS is going to take RAC-discovered vulnerabilities more seriously. If you haven't heard from [...] - Industry Notes:
CMS Readies For More RAC-Inspired Responses
But RACs may be having less overall effect than you'd think. A new Government Accountability [...] - Industry Notes
• You'd better pay close attention to your mail or risk having your Medicare billing [...] - Industry Notes
• Don't forget about two new hospice billing requirements that take effect this month.Number 1: [...] - Industry Notes
• Medicare fraud isn't the only target for enforcement. The New York Medicaid Fraud Control [...] - Industry Notes
• No matter where you are in the country, you'll have to be an accredited [...] - Industry Notes
• The home health conditions of participation are back on the table once again. The [...] - Industry Notes
• If you've had your hospice claims returned with reason code 32024 recently, you may [...] - Industry Notes
• DME suppliers have more bad press to contend with as they continue their push [...] - Industry Notes
• The presence of nursing home-affiliated HHAs continues to grow. For example: In Vinton, Iowa, [...]
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