Home Health & Hospice Week

Utilization:

NEW YORK LEADS, OREGON LAGS IN VISITS PER EPISODE

Step right up to compare yourself to the norm if you're a home health agency served by regional home health intermediary United Government Services. UGS has compiled statistics on visits per episode, episodes per beneficiary, percentage of home health claims that were low utilization payment adjustments (LUPAs) and percentage of claims that were outliers for the last quarter of calendar year 2002 - October through December.  
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