Medicare contractor CGS, which provides home health and hospice claims processing services in 17 states and the District of Columbia, has identified two computer errors that have been incorrectly rejecting certain claims for all Medicare contractors. The author provides an explanation of the errors drawn from the CGS web site, followed by specific information […]
Monday of this week was October 1, 2012, the first day of Federal Fiscal Year 2013. The first day of a new Supreme Court session and the first day of Medicare hospital readmission penalties. The mass media has finally heard that Medicare will reduce payments to hospitals with high readmission rates by a predetermined percentage […]
What we in healthcare have been watching for more than a year finally broke through into the mass media on Monday, October 1, the day Medicare began to issue penalties to hospitals with high readmission rates. Thick books, lengthy blogs and hours of conference presentations were compressed into a few paragraphs for public consumption. […]
According to the not-for-profit research group eHealth Initiative (eHI), clinics in poor neighborhoods can improve patients’ health and cut hospitalizations by using mobile devices, patient Web portals, and social networks to monitor and inform. These findings are based on a recent study, An Issue Brief on eHealth Tools and Diabetes Care for Socially Disadvantaged […]
ContinuLink and PPS Plus to build OASIS bridges together. Home health care software developer ContinuLink LLC and OASIS analysis software provider PPS Plus Software announced last week that they have integrated their respective software platforms to help their mutual customers improve outcome reporting and receive more accurate Medicare reimbursements. Details about this planned integration […]
When HIPAA was new, there was an excellent software product available to help home care agencies and hospices conduct risk assessments and perform all the other required duties to achieve Privacy and Security Rule compliance. Known as GetHIP, from Stony Hill Management, it fell by the wayside when our industry noticed that enforcement by the […]
CMS has scheduled the next Home Health, Hospice & Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Open Door Forum. Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2012 Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm, EDT Contact: Dial 800-837-1935 Conference ID: 76245818
Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) has announced a plan to fund and spearhead the development of a fall risk assessment tool for home health agencies. To lead the effort, the Santa Barbara, California firm will create a position for a qualified project manager. Details on how SHP CEO Barbara Rosenblum developed a home health industry-specific tool […]
Reports from this year’s “BlackBerry Jam Americas” conference make it clear that Research In Motion CEO and president Thorsten Heins knows his product line has fallen behind the curve. But is his solution, the BlackBerry 10, enough to catch up to the iPhones and Androids that are quickly replacing it? This article indicates the next […]
by Roger McManus, MBA You have been told many times you need to claim your business online. But do you know why it is so important to be listed on the Internet? Who goes online when looking for personal services – particularly hospice and other in-home care services? [McManus proceeds by providing a basic definition […]
