Discharge Planning could get difficult
Hospital and skilled nursing facility (SNF) referrals are gold to home health agencies providing for patients who have a much greater need for intensive (and lucrative) services. But that delicate …
Insights and News
OIG Work Plan for 2016
Home Health: The OIG will be focusing again on compliance with documentation to support claims submitted and paid by Medicare. Agencies should continue to review documentation standards and continue to …
2016 Final Home Health Rule
2016 will turn into a very memorable year for many agency owners, administrators and employees. The overall cut next year to home health agencies likes yours will total $260 million. …
Home Health Today – September
Another exciting edition of Home Health Today is here! In September’s issue, we discuss ICD-10 and the final push for being ready with the potential outcomes of not being prepared. …
Home Health Today – September
The September issue of Home Health Today is here! September’s issue includes important information such as: How ICD-10 Could Impact Your Cash Flow OIG: Introductory Visits are Acceptable and are …
What we hear: September, 2015
September is going to be a test for agencies to see if they will make it or begin to slowly become a closure statistic. Larger agencies understood the changes months …
Agencies File Suit against private insurer
Two home health agencies are suing Florida based Univita Healthcare Solutions for lack of payment. The east coast based agencies, Villa Maria Health Care Services and Catholic Home Health Services …
40 Hours is the standard
Agencies have until October 13, 2015 to fully comply with The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Court decision to side with the Department of Labor (DOL). …
OIG: Free Introductory Visits are OK
The OIG has issued a detailed Advisory Opinion (OIG Advisory Opinion No. 15-12) regarding pre-admittance visits by home health agency staff. This is great news to agencies who frequently use …
Get ready for a potential cash flow interruption
ICD-10 has one foot inside your agency’s door. ICD-10 is literally here but the impact is yet to be known. Sure, there are surveys and assumptions as to what could …