And stay alert to these expert billing tips and examples. There are a lot of moving parts to billing for drug use and waste. Fortunately, in her 2024 HEALTHCON session, “Don’t Gamble When Coding Drug Waste,” Stephanie A. Thebarge, CPC, [...]
Watchdog agency serves up its long string of HHA, hospice audits to Congress in latest semiannual report. If you thought the OIG would lay off home health agency audits now that its number of audit reports for the provider type [...]
Therapy episodes would get reimbursed less. If your claims are dominated by episodes with high therapy, no recent hospital stays, or patients with behavioral health conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or drug addiction, Medicare’s draft for HH PPS payment [...]
More proof that non-profits are struggling in today’s reimbursement environment: The Visiting Nurse Service of New York is eliminating 775 positions, reports Crain’s New York newspaper. The cuts represent a 4 percent reduction the workforce for VNSNY, which is the [...]
Residents in central south states more likely to get antipsychotic prescriptions. Overall about 22 percent of nursing home residents were prescribed antipsychotic drugs in 2009-2010, but residents in the south central states were more likely to receive these drugs than [...]
Residents in central south states more likely to get antipsychotic prescriptions. Overall about 22% of nursing home residents were prescribed antipsychotic drugs in 2009-2010, but residents in the south central states were more likely to receive these drugs than those [...]
Will case mix points for resolved conditions become a thing of the past?Home health providers are wary about chan-ges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Ser-vices suggests making to the home health PPS grouper logic.The proposed change "will deprive home [...]
Will case mix points for resolved conditions become a thing of the past?Home health providers are wary about changes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services suggests making to the home health PPS grouper logic. The proposed change "will deprive [...]
Say goodbye to a slew of resolved conditions and hello to less detailed reporting.The changes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services suggests making to the home health PPS grouper logic could have far-reaching consequences, commenters to the proposed rule [...]
Many questions left unanswered, confused suppliers say. Nearly a month after Medicare's new oxygen payment policy took effect, CMS is issuing some details about how to bill under the confusing new system. Clarification: Oxygen providers can deliver up to three [...]
