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Listed here are the nine metabolic screening tests for newborns that are recommended by the March of Dimes in White Plains, NY.
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A report of the pros and cons of extending the federal Medicaid drug rebate to managed care plans shows the potential for savings of up to $700 million over 10 years, but also recognizes that there could be some downside risk to plans and each one would have to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of having access to the rebate if the rules were changed.
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Faced with a deficit of nearly $1.5 billion over the next two years and calls for $180 million in state budget cuts, Georgia health officials are having to consider the once unthinkable: slashing enrollment and optional services the poor have long counted on.
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Surveys can be stressful enough, but how would you react to a complaint-based state survey during which the surveyor never asked for information from the physician or home care nurse involved?
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This is the first of a two-part series that looks at telemedicine in home health. In this article, representatives from two agencies describe their programs and specific issues related to choosing technology and patients who are appropriate for telemedicine.
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The Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a Special Advisory Bulletin on contractual joint ventures. Now is the time for agencies which are owned or affiliated with hospitals to review the arrangements in which they provide services.
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CMS starts plan to boost compliant claims; Study: More than half of HHAs not ready for HIPAA; CMS begins effort to stop wheelchair benefit abuse
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Home health agency managers have looked at every aspect of their new employee recruitment programs to identify how to best attract good nurses.
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What happens if your survey report is full of inaccuracies and crosses the boundary of typical standard-of-care expectations? Are you prepared to appeal?
