Analysis by Editor Tim Rowan As we have emphasized over the last few months, too much attention is focused on the Recovery Audit Contractor program and too little on other contractors that have the power to reduce home care and hospice revenue today rather than on some unknown date in the future. For the contractors […]
File this one under “lesson learned…the hard way.” Incorporate it into your next staff training. This agency properly followed the government’s appeal procedure after receiving a notice of payment denial. Excerpts below show that the administrative law judge did not find the provider’s care lacking, just its paperwork. That is correct, it is not merely […]
Some healthcare providers are concerned they may not know how to proceed if their organization is audited by a Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) and receives a payment recoupment notice. Fortunately, there is a way to learn the RAC appeal process in advance and be completely prepared.
Volume 2, Number 3 — January 18, 2010 351 days until the first Baby Boomer applies for Medicare Dear Home Care Colleague, I hope to see you if you might be in San Antonio this week for the TAHC&H Winter Meeting. There was another laptop theft incident last week. Are you protected against such an […]
The least safe place to locate a computer loaded with personally identifiable patient health information is outside the protective walls of a clinic, hospital or office. In home care and hospice, the nature of the service dictates that computers — laptop, tablet or handheld — be located outside the office most of the time. This […]
The Center for Technology and Aging (the Center) recently awarded $477,000 in grants to support the use of remote patient monitoring technologies. Now the Oakland, California organization dedicated to helping improve the quality of home- and community-based care for seniors has announced it will give away another half million.
On January 14-15, 2010, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) met to discuss and vote on Medicare payment and policy recommendations for its March 2010 report to Congress. MedPAC has released a summary of the recommendations voted on during that meeting, which include recommendations for home health agencies and hospices.
PPS 2010 Fact Sheet Available for Download Meaningful Use Proposed Rule Produces Flurry of Activity, Detail and Philosophical Public Comments Research Says Overall Healthcare Spending May Increase Less Than Once Believed HL7 Becomes HL7 International
Jan Erickson was a volunteer caregiver. Answering her church’s call to be of service to the elderly and infirm, she worked with a number of women, one of whom broke her heart before inspiring her to dream, literally. That dream became a specialty clothing company with which home health care and hospice nurses and therapists […]
Dear Home Care Colleague, One of the exciting aspects of home care and hospice technology is that new technologies appear so frequently. There is always something new to learn, something new to tell you about. Sometimes I feel like a baseball scout. (Hey! You should see this kid down in Carthage. What an arm! I […]
