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 …
Insights and News
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 …
Home Health Today – August 2015
August’s edition of Home Health Today is ready and full of information! You can view the PDF of August’s edition here. We look forward to your feedback on this edition!
Hospice Final Rule 2016
Hospice continues to see reimbursement levels increase. For fiscal year 2016 (October 1, 2015 – September 30, 2016), hospice providers are going to be receiving an additional $160 million in …
New Employee Compliance
Hiring new employees can usually create a lot of confusion due to the amount of forms, information and data that must be gathered. However, make sure you at least have …
Notice of Observation Status
Hospitals have until August 2016 to comply with a newly enacted law called The Notice Act. The Notice Act requires hospitals to notify Medicare patients when they are no longer …
Arkansas Terminates State Run In-home Program
In a move that stunned 13,000 patients and 2,300 staff, the State of Arkansas has given them six months to find another agency. The staff who contract with the state …
Medical Reviews – Be One step ahead
CMS published new guidance to contractors and Medicare Reviewers in CR9189 last month which took effect on August 11th. One thing that agencies must be aware of is that no …
ICD-10 is a month away… are you ready?
The clock is rapidly ticking away. Is your agency ready for ICD-10? Have you trained all staff – not just those in the office? Do you have a contingency plan …
Compliance updates
PEPPER: Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report PEPPER has come to home health. The first set of statistics are going to be made available through December 2014. The report …