Category Archives: Home Health
HR Issues for the Small Business: Payroll issues (Part 2)
Last Monday, we reviewed hiring issues that can wreak havoc in small companies. In this second blog of our three-part series, we will look at the two areas in payroll administration that, if not handled correctly, can lead to serious … Read Full Post
HR Issues for the Small Practice: How NOT to Fly by the Seat of Your Pants
Many small provider organizations operate in a more informal manner, dispensing with certain formalities like job descriptions, time sheets, and established disciplinary policies, While we are not employment attorneys, we cannot over-emphasize how costly the lack of human resource policies … Read Full Post
Long-Term Care: The Second Career That Benefits Our Healthcare System
The demographic changes affecting our country are inescapable and our healthcare system is feeling the strain. The CDC reports: 13% of the population is over the age of 65 and will increase to 19% by 2030; In the same time … Read Full Post
Florida Legislature Reduces HHA Quarterly Report Fines
In 2008, in order to combat the increasing amount of fraud by home health agencies, the Florida legislature instituted a mandatory quarterly reporting by all agencies of the following: Number of insulin-dependent diabetic patients receiving insulin injection services Number of … Read Full Post
2012 Top Ten Home Health Survey Deficiencies
According to the Home Care Association of Florida, the State of Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration’s (AHCA) top home health agency survey deficiencies are: Tag Short descrption H302 Treatment orders H350 Clinical records H306 Plan of Care H320 Plan of … Read Full Post
Palmetto RAP Suppression:
Palmetto GBA plans to suppress RAP payment to home health agencies with a large number of auto-cancelled RAPs. Here is an excerpt from their most recent communique: “Providers are given the greater of 120 days after the start of the … Read Full Post
Temporary Delay in Implementing Ordering and Referring Denial Edits
Due to technical issues, the implementation of the Phase 2 ordering and referring denial edits is being delayed. These edits would have checked claims for an approved or validly opted-out physician or non-physician. If either of these were missing or … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – How to Market Your Health Care Practice with an Email Newsletter
A great way to keep your patients up-to-date with the ever changing healthcare issues, trends & tips is by generating a newsletter. The fastest and least expensive method for circulating a newsletter is to send it via email; this saves … Read Full Post
CMS is holding some provider payments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has identified technical issues with certain parts of the April 2013 quarterly systems release. For claims with dates of service or “through dates” on or after April 1, 2013, the issues affect … Read Full Post