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Focus your auditing program on the HHS Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) latest work plan to prepare for an increase in audit activity in targeted areas....
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Addressing what causes non-compliance can be the difference that keeps diabetic patients out of the hospital and lets them successfully take charge of their own care....
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Agencies could put a patient at risk, hurt their outcomes and lose three case-mix points if an early-episode patient who bathes at the sink due to a psychological barrier is...
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Agencies with certain face-to-face encounter denials would get paid for those claims under new instructions CMS published Dec. 8, but those payments could take as long as four months to...
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Prepare for Medicaid billing delays if you operate in one of seven states who have announced they won’t be ready to meet CMS’ Jan. 1 deadline for using the new...
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Approach a bank for a line of credit now if your agency won’t be ready for the 5010 claim submission standard or if you need extra resources to tide you...
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Final changes to the FY2012 ICD-9-CM code set indicate CMS’ preparation for the arrival of ICD-10 with new and revised codes that allow for greater specificity in coding several conditions...
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Code a burn – even a chronic, non-healing burn – as an acute burn until it heals, and not as any other type of wound....
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Don’t delay your ICD-10 transition plans – CMS is holding to its Oct. 1, 2013, implementation date....
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The sputtering economy is causing potential private duty clients to hire caregivers privately, a practice that is negatively impacting agencies’ bottom lines, according to several private duty owners....
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You could add hundreds of hours and take in thousands in new revenue by tapping into a federal program that pays for private duty care for eligible war veterans and...
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Advertising may be one of the lowest priorities on many private duty agencies’ marketing to-do lists, but it can be a solid business driver....
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