Home Health & Hospice Week

Tip: Docs can use a 'cheat sheet' to make CPO documentation easier. Physicians may be more willing to refer patients to home care when they feel they are getting fairly reimbursed for their time spent on the patient's care. Here's how to help docs start getting paid for care plan oversight with a solid understanding of how and when to report G0179-G0180 and 99374-99378. Suppose a physician spends 40 minutes setting up a home health plan of care for an elderly diabetic patient who falls outside her home and sprains her right wrist and right ankle with multiple abrasions of the right lower leg. Due to her wrist injury, she cannot ambulate with crutches or a walker, so she is confined to a wheelchair while her injuries heal. She requires home care. Currently, a physician may be writing off the 40 minutes as non-billable time -- and in the process, forfeiting [...]