Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Notes:

New HH PPS Pricer Available Online

Published on Tue Jan 11, 2011

You can download the latest version of the Home Health PPS (HH PPS) PC Pricer at www.cms.gov/PCPricer/05_HH.asp. CMS posted the calendar year 2011 pricer on Feb. 3.

Home Health & Hospice Week

Therapy:
Use These 7 Steps To Succeed With New Therapy Changes
Your therapy retooling process should already be in full swing. Don't wait until the last [...]

Compliance:
5 Tips Help You Keep Compliance Problems At Bay
How often do you review your compliance plan? It seems like not even a week [...]

Education:
Get Training On Face-To-Face, Therapy Changes And More
Check out Eli audioconferences on the PPS 2011’s rule many provisions and other topics. You [...]

Regulations:
Add One More Notice To Patients' Paperwork Mountain
QIO complaint process newest notification requirement proposed. In addition to all the other notices you [...]

Industry Notes:
Home Health Fraud Grabs The Spotlight
Warning: Frontline workers aren't immune from fraud charges. Two splashy fraud stories about home health [...]

Industry Notes:
New Year's Claims System Problems Continue
Add another claims payment system problem to the list, and this one may require effort [...]

Industry Notes:
OIG Launches Most Wanted List
Move over, America's Most Wanted. The HHS Office of Inspector General has its own list [...]

Industry Notes:
Providers Throng OIG Compliance Sessions
If you missed signing up for the OIG's recently announced compliance training seminars, it's too [...]

Industry Notes:
Cahaba-To-CIGNA Transition Rolls Forward
The transition from regional home health intermediary Cahaba GBA to HHH MAC CIGNA continues to [...]

Industry Notes:
New HH PPS Pricer Available Online
You can download the latest version of the Home Health PPS (HH PPS) PC Pricer [...]

Industry Notes:
Media Praises Home Care For Snowstorm Efforts
Home care workers of one Missouri agency got recognition for their extraordinary efforts to help [...]

Industry Notes:
LHC Takes On Florida Hospital Agency
Lafayette, La.-based chain LHC Group Inc. has entered into a home health joint venture with [...]

Industry Notes:
Tennessee Hospital Plans Home Care Sale
Claiborne County Hospital in Tazewell, Tenn. plans to sell its home care unit, Claiborne Home [...]

Industry Notes:
Apria To Buy Praxair's U.S. Oxygen Business
More of your patients may be getting oxygen from Apria. Lake Forest, Calif.-based giant Apria [...]

Reader Question:
Calm Employees' Fears About Compliance Focus
Let this FAQ help you troubleshoot your compliance measures. Check out the answer to one [...]

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