Between the changes that arrived with the 2019 HH PPS rule and the grand-scale changes coming next year, home health agencies would be wise to develop a change management procedure.
What does it mean when more than three-quarters of payment denials handed down by Medicare contractors are voided by Administrative Law Judges when appealed? Our conclusion, based on interviews over the years with home health care consultants who specialize in walking agencies through the appeal process, is that auditors at the RHHI, MAC, ZPIC […]
The Final HIPAA/HITECH Act Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, Enforcement, and GINA “Omnibus” Rule was released from OMB to the Federal Register late on the afternoon of January 17 and published in the Federal Register on Friday, January 25. The 563-page rule becomes effective (and publishable in the Code of Federal Regulations) on Tuesday, March 26, […]
CareAnyware, Inc. (Cary, NC), a North Carolina-based provider of web-based home care and hospice software announced last week the release of SmartCare, a proprietary workflow engine designed to change the way customers manage people, tasks and compliance. Details on how the software assists user in achieving clinical and operational best practices are described in this […]
When CMS announced last week that it had given in to the strong concerns of “some provider groups” and delayed the deadline for ICD-10 compliance one year to October 1, 2014, it did not mention the American Medical Association (AMA) but the inference was there for the taking. (Click here for the complete CMS statement.) […]
by Liz Seegert Communication and data, vital elements in creating functional partnerships between certified home health care agencies and licensed home health subcontractors, only offer their advantage when computer systems talk to and share data with one another. When they do not, the door is open to potential fraud, waste, and inefficiencies. Information flow […]
