• 1 Value-Based Purchasing: Focus On Improvement Over Stabilization Major Drawback To Value-Based Purchasing

• 2 Prospective Payment System: One Agency's Stabilization Scenario

• 3 Labor Law: Comply With Elimination Of Companionship Exemption By Oct. 13

• 4 Reimbursement: CMS Clarifies Physician Service Length Estimate

• 5 Hospice: Aggressive Admissions Net Hospice $3 Million Fraud Settlement

• 6 Industry Note: Software Problems Don't Excuse You From ICD-10

• 7 Industry Note: Access Free Benchmarks

• 8 Industry Note: Heed These Hospice Item Set Pointers From CMS

• 9 Industry Note: Improper Signatures Torpedo Appeals

• 10 Industry Note: Hospice MCCM Demo Billing Details Released

• 11 Industry Note: Preview Your Star Rating Data For Next Quarter

• 12 Industry Note: Health System Taps Chain To Manage Home Health Unit

• 13 Industry Note: Sunshine State HHA Joins Post-Acute Chain