Home Health & Hospice Week
Palmetto Offers New Falls Risk Code To Help Agencies Spot Problems
If you know whether your patients are at risk for falls, you can avoid them -- but first you need a code that calls attention to the problem. Good idea: Currently, routinely evaluating beneficiaries for their risk of falls isn't covered by Medicare -- but regional home health intermediary Palmetto GBA wants to change that. The RHHI has included V15.88 (history of falls) in the final Part A rule to help agencies better pinpoint when a patient would benefit from physical or occupational therapy to cut down on falls. Payment: Claims containing V15.88 will still need another covered ICD-9-CM code to specify the type of impairment or limitation causing the increased risk of falls. However, tacking on that V18.55 will help communicate what coverage is available and ensure your patients get the help they need.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- HIPAA:
Update Patients On Privacy And Security Breaches.
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Create A Policy To Take Back Patients' Unused Controlled Drugs Safely
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CMS Pushes Suppliers To Act On Non-Accreditation.
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Here Are 2 Fall Risks You May Have Overlooked.
Add these risk factors to your agency's falls risk assessment. If your patient uses a [...] - Coding:
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Wheelchair Suppliers Balk At OIG Report.
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Palmetto Offers New Falls Risk Code To Help Agencies Spot Problems
If you know whether your patients are at risk for falls, you can avoid them -- [...] - Industry Notes:
Home Health Agencies Most Satisfied With Medicare, New MCPSS Says
Home health agencies are more satisfied with Medicare than almost every other provider type, according [...] - Industry Notes:
: Federal Register Issues Revised Wage Index Tables For Hospice Final Rule
If you thought you were seeing double when you looked at the Federal Register this [...] - Industry Notes:
: Cahaba GBA Launches New Site For Results Of Widespread Probe Edits
You have a new source of information for widespread probe edits. Cahaba GBA has created [...]
