Prior Authorizations and Advocacy
CMS is really trying hard to combat fraud, but in their usual tactics seem to be not even addressing the problem but rather sweeping it under the rug. The experts, …
Insights and News
You can educate your staff, but what about the public?
Agencies spend thousands of dollars each year on staff education. Agencies also spend thousands of dollars on advertising and performing marketing services. But how much time and money is spent …
Cost report data – Use it to make money…
May is the standard cost report filing period for most agencies before the typical summer slowdown. The process of gathering the cost report data takes a while and is seen …
Analysis: Prior Authorizations and Advocacy
CMS is really trying hard to combat fraud but in their usual tactics seem to be not even addressing the problem but rather sweeping it under the rug. The experts, …
Education – You educate your staff, but what about the public?
Agencies spend thousands of dollars each year on educating staff. Agencies also spend thousands of dollars on advertising and performing marketing services. But how much time and money is spent …
Cost report data – use it to make money
May is the typical filing period for most agencies before the typical summer slowdown for many agencies. As cost reports are due at the end of the month, the …
Compliance Update: Proposed Prior Authorization Pilot
Last month, we reported that prior authorizations were proposed as a method of combatting fraud and abuse in home health by CMS. Well, it has caught the attention of many …
Four Stars: The New Minimum Standard
As the cover feature suggests – your stars might be aligning and bringing huge opportunities or they might not be aligning and you could be left in another world void …
Agencies in 67 MSAs: Hospitals Can Have Favorites
For providers in 67 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), April 1st brought some interesting changes to the healthcare industry as a whole. CMS has launched a five year pilot program to …
Humana Preempting Home Health By doing it themselves
Humana is taking a proactive approach to home health. Humana at Home is a program developed by the insurer and has been rolled out nationwide. The program currently provides care …