Home Health & Hospice Week
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Published on Fri Dec 21, 2012
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Why A Pending Settlement Could Expand Your Home Care Reimbursement
Court decision may impact how Medicare pays for patients who aren’t improving. You could have [...] - Industry Note:
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NYC HHAs must pay back nearly $70 million in improper Medicaid claims reimbursed from 2007 [...] - Industry Note:
Kickbacks Conspiracy Yields Guilty Verdicts
Florida court convicted four individuals of kickbacks conspiracy charges related to home health services. A [...] - Industry Note:
Preventing Falls Tops Safety List For HHAs
Preventing falls is one of the measures stressed in this year’s National Patient Safety Goals [...] - Industry Note:
MAC Cracks Down On LUPA Threshold
Make sure your documentation for episodes that barely exceed the LUPA threshold will stand up [...] - Industry Note:
Concealing Medicaid Fraud Lands HHA Employee In Prison
A former HHA staffing manager is facing 10 months in prison for allegedly altering records [...] - Industry Note:
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Walgreen Co. wants your pharmacy business, as the industry giant will launch a national platform [...] - Industry Note:
Physician Convicted Of Falsifying Plans Of Care For HHAs
Falsified plans of care got a Houston-area physician in trouble with the Department of Justice. [...] - Industry Note:
Missed ADR Deadlines Trigger Auto Denials
Make Additional Development Request deadlines or risk auto denials, as one Medicare Administrative Contractor is [...] - Industry Note:
New Tools To Secure PHI On Mobile Devices
Get expert help with protecting patient data on mobile devices, courtesy of the U.S. Department [...] - Industry Note:
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