Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
Tune Into CIGNA Call
Published on Tue Mar 08, 2011
Wondering how your transition to CIGNA will go if you're a home health agency or hospice currently served by Cahaba? You may get a preview in CIGNA Government Services' first Ask The Contractor Teleconference (ACT) April 12. You can submit questions ahead of time or ask questions on the call, CIGNA says in an e-mail message to providers. More information including the dial-in information is at www.cignagovernmentservices.com/j15/News.html -- scroll down to the March 29 link. CIGNA will take over Cahaba's home care workload June 13.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Regulations:
It's Official: You Must Comply With F2F
Industry campaign to delay face-to-face requirement continues. You should have no doubts about where you [...] - Therapy:
Use This CMS Tip To Make Your Therapy Reassessment Window
Send therapists out early in these cases. The face-to-face encounter requirement isn't the only new [...] - Reimbursement:
HHA Cuts Loom On The Horizon
Access study may pave way for more reimbursement changes. Reimbursement reductions that once seemed far [...] - Compliance:
Are You Vulnerable To This HIPAA Violation?
If your staff carries paper PHI offsite, implement these proactive strategies. HIPAA enforcement is heating [...] - Strategy:
Put Accountable Care Organizations On Your Radar
These health reform law-required coalitions could change how you furnish care forever. Home health agencies [...] - Industry Notes:
House Leader's Budget Proposal Threatens Home Care
Voucher system could mirror Medicare Advantage. A new 2012 federal budget proposal could revamp the [...] - Industry Notes:
CMS Announces Delay To Round 2 Of DME Competitive Bidding
Competitive bidding for durable medical equipment may take a bit longer to come to your [...] - Industry Notes:
Tenn. Provider Socked With Wage & Hour Back Pay
You'd better watch how you're paying your home health aides, or you could end up [...] - Industry Notes:
Include Type Of Admission Codes on RAPs, RHHI Says
A new Medicare claims system update means new payment problems to work through. Unbeknownst to [...] - Industry Notes:
CDC Issues New Guidelines For Preventing Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections
Get up to speed on new guidelines to eliminate catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI), released by [...] - Industry Notes:
Tune Into CIGNA Call
Wondering how your transition to CIGNA will go if you're a home health agency or [...] - Industry Notes:
Congress Passes Repeal Of 1099 Reporting Change
Your 1099 worries soon should be over. Congress has passed a repeal of the tax [...] - Industry Notes:
Home Health M&A Busy Across The Country
There's more activity in the home care mergers and acquisitions market. CareSouth Homecare Professionals has [...]
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