Home Health & Hospice Week
Wondering how your lengths of stay
Wondering how your lengths of stay for non-cancer patients stack up to your peers'? You can get an idea from Palmetto's latest noncancer LOS stats, which cover 16 states in the last half of 2009. The average LOS across 11 non-cancer categories in all 16 states was 134 days, Palmetto calculates. The region with the highest average LOS was the Southwest with 151 days; the lowest was the Midwest with 117 days. The Southwest region includes Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The Midwest region includes Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. The category with the highest average LOS was "Alzheimer" with 192 days. The lowest-LOS category was "Renal" with 40 days. For links to the LOS stats and a free PDF copy of Palmetto's slides, e-mail editor Rebecca Johnson at rebeccaj@eliresearch.com with "NCLOS Rates" in the subject line.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Regulations:
Watch For Face-To-Face Details In Upcoming PPS Rule
PPACA, process measures, CAHPS also discussed in Open Door Forum. Provisions from the health care [...] - Quality Improvement:
Process-Based Improvement Requirements Hit HHAs
OASIS C-based process measures are poised to catch up with you. Home care workers have [...] - Reimbursement:
Put PECOS Requirements On Your Radar Right Now
You could pay in claims review if you don't meet the July deadline. If you [...] - Hospice:
Hospice Use May Grow If Concurrent Care Demo
PPACA isn't all bad news for hospice providers. Many terminally ill patients refuse to elect [...] - Industry Notes:
Red Flag Rule Sees Another Delay
You have until the new year to get your identity theft plan in order. Your [...] - Industry Notes:
CMS may not be releasing details about
CMS may not be releasing details about the financial standards for the durable medical equipment [...] - Industry Notes:
Wondering how your lengths of stay
Wondering how your lengths of stay for non-cancer patients stack up to your peers'? You can [...] - Industry Notes:
There is some good news
There is some good news about the Medicare program's new requirement that claims must be [...] - Industry Notes:
You'd better make sure your HIPAA
You'd better make sure your HIPAA breach policies and procedures are up to snuff, because [...] - Industry Notes:
Congress hasn't yet passed a bill to fix
Congress hasn't yet passed a bill to fix the 21 percent cut that was supposed [...] - Industry Notes:
If you've been using regional home
If you've been using regional home health intermediary Cahaba GBA's sample form for physician attestations [...] - Industry Notes:
Don't forget to pick up your new best
Don't forget to pick up your new best practice intervention package from the home health [...] - Industry Notes:
Want to find out how the new 5010
Want to find out how the new 5010 claim standards will work with ICD-10 coding? [...] - Industry Notes:
Having trouble getting your billing
Having trouble getting your billing problems resolved by regional home health intermediary Palmetto GBA? You [...] - Diagnosis Coding:
Gear Up For ICD-10 Implementation Around The Corner
Don't count on a grace period or delays, feds say in new FAQs. While some [...]
