Co-Morbidity Confusion in Rehab Programming

Home Health clinicians, particularly those working in rehab, often struggle to program and achieve outcomes with clinically complex clients. The programming trends reveal careplans of decreased intensity combined with extended durations. These programs often deliver compromised clinical results and may not survive audit scrutiny. Today, we examine this question and explore successful approaches to these clients.

Legislative Day is April 7, 2010

Mark the date! HCAF will hold a Legislative Day in Tallahassee on Wednesday April 7, 2010. This is your opportunity to meet and interact with our state legislators. We will spend time discussing issues addressed in bills that have been introduced for action during the current session, and set up appointments for face to face meetings with the decision makers.
This is an opportunity to become part of the legislative process and make a difference! Worried that you won’t know what to say? We’ll provide you with up to the minute talking points and a briefing session to address any questions you may have before our teams meet with the legislators.

Look for more details about Legislative Day in the near future.

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Mapping the Future of Home Care

We are all aware of the many challenges facing home care agencies in 2010 and beyond. The economical and reform challenges will directly affect how you do business, how to remain in business, and how to thrive in business. Our 2-hour seminar has been designed to acknowledge the challenges and answer these questions and will be presented in 4 FLorida locations:

Red Flag Rules in Home Care

A Lunch & Learn Webinar, sponsored

In this webinar presented by Christopher Wolf, who leads the privacy and data security practice group at Hogan & Hartson LLP, and Craig Smith, HCAF’s legal advisor of the same firm, you will learn what home care agencies must do to comply with the Red Flags Rule as issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).  We hope you’ll join us next Wednesday, February 4th, 12:00 – 1:30 pm.

Medicare Billing for Home Health Workshops

3 full-days in February for Medicare Billing for Home Health:

Billing is a very critical part of home health. These workshops will lay a concrete foundation for new billers, as well as, experienced billers by giving billers a more effective approach to the Medicare PPS regulation, conducting Medicare verifications and understanding adjustments.  Melinda Gaboury will fully review the Outlier Calculation and Outlier Cap.  We will discuss Medicare verifications on patients with HIQH screen examples & review adjacent episode calculations – field by field on claim forms. We will review the process of auditing a pre-bill for final claim purposes, both Medicare and Non-Medicare Payors, and review the details of billing for Non-Routine Supplies using list and billing guidelines. Direct Data Entry Screens will also be reviewed.

Double-Check Your PGBA 1099 Before you File your Taxes

It has come to our attention that a couple of our members believe that the estimated income reported on their 1099 from Palmetto GBA is significantly overstated. These members sent an email to the address listed on the insert that accompanied their 1099 and they are currently waiting to receive the detail record of income from PGBA. In the meantime, we are encouraging members to reconcile their actual income with the income stated on your 1099.

18 New Home Health Jobs – Job Flash

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Announcing the HHQI National Campaign First Best Practice Intervention Package

As Florida’s Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) Local Area Network of Excellence (LANE), HCAF is excited to announce that first Best Practice Intervention Package (BPIP) is now available on the HHQI Web site, www.homehealthquality.org.

Your Best Arsenal for Survival

Is your agency prepared for the latest type of CMS audit?
Are you ready for the new FTC regulations?
Are your home health aides HIPAA compliant?
Are your billers aware of the 2010 updates?
Are your marketing practices legal to ALFs and PCHs?
Do you have questions regarding OASIS-C, now that your using it?

With all the changes, how is your agency doing? Your best arsenal for survival is education. HCAF is here to help!

President Obama’s State of the Union Address

The President’s State of the Union Address last evening focused primarily on the state of the economy and the many challenges facing Americans, including high unemployment and a feeling of uncertainty.  This uncertainty has decreased consumer spending including the purchase of durable goods and homes, particularly over the last two months.  He spoke of the “stubborn resilience in the face of adversity” of the American people and hope for the future.

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