Connolly Healthcare, the RAC for Region C, is again leading the RAC pack in getting CMS approval for issues to review. This week Connolly posted two issues for DME providers. Click here if you are interested in seeing the description of these issues. Diversified Collection Services, the RAC for Region A, continues to be the only RAC […]
There is still not too much activity at the RAC Forum and there may not be until RACs begin targeting hospices. Nevertheless, we have added a new topic/category to the RAC Forum that we hope will be helpful. It is called “Claim Denial Reasons.” At the moment we do not know what issues the RACs will […]
The RACs have not yet begun targeting hospices and may not until 2010. Why should hospices worry about them? No one knows at this point how intense the RAC scrutiny of hospices will be. Could all this RAC concern be a case of much ado about nothing?
Maybe, but probably not. Let’s look at some of the things we know and some of the concerns:
We confront home care and hospice’s toughest problems through five topical newsletters. Home Health News hopes you will find our newsletters informative, sometimes even inspiring. Please know that your feedback is encouraged to all of our articles but especially our occasional opinion pieces. This will be a place where the home health care and hospice […]
This is the fourth and last in our series based on our July interview with NAHC attorney Denise Bonn and her presentation to the NAHC Financial Managers meeting.
Several new software tools offer the ability to track Case Weight, but the creator of one of those tools says merely tracking Case Weight is not a fully accurate way to learn whether your PPS payments are where they should be. There is a much better set of indicators, according to Lewis, Inc. president Jeff […]
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:00 pm ET During an influenza pandemic, home health care workers can expect to be called on to provide care for hospital patients who are well enough to be discharged but who still need care, as well as patients who need home health care services. On any given day, there are […]
by Aricka Flowers HHNS staff writer As the Recovery Audit Contractor program’s January 1, 2010 implementation date nears, this new challenge to healthcare provider revenue looms as an imminent reality. Many providers look at the few remaining weeks between now and 2010 and are racked with fear and anxiety. Is the trepidation warranted? Not all […]
