Home Health & Hospice Week
KNOW YOUR FACTS: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE APPEALS
RAC appeals are running up ALJs' caseloads. 鈥� For cases not subject to the 90-day decision deadline, ALJs decided slightly more cases within six months -- 90 percent in 2008 versus 88 percent in 2005. But the decisions took slightly longer on average -- 119 days versus 110 days. 鈥� One-third of ALJs' increased caseload, which has jumped 37 percent since 2005, is due to appeals related to Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs). 鈥� ALJs are scheduling hearings more quickly than when they transitioned to the 鈥� ALJs decided cases subject to the 90-day deadline on an average of 69 days in 2008, compared to 82 days in 2005. Source:
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Appeals:
ALJ MOVE A MIXED BAG FOR HOME CARE PROVIDERS
HHAs may be faring better and DME suppliers worse under the new ALJ structure. Your [...] - Reimbursement:
UNDERSTAND THE APPEALS ROPES OR RISK YOUR REIMBURSEMENT
Dollars matter the higher in the appeals process you go. Medicare has shaken up its [...] - Prospective Payment System:
FIX FOR PPS SEQUENCING PROBLEM ON THE WAY
RHHI tells agencies how to ID their PPS adjustments. A correction for a nagging PPS [...] - Diagnosis Coding:
DON'T DELAY IN ICD-10 PREPARATION
You have an extra few years, but you'll still be hard pressed to achieve compliance. [...] - Industry Notes:
PROVIDERS EYE MEDICARE PROVISIONS IN STIMULUS BILL
Hospices would benefit from $134 million provision. Home care providers are hoping for the best [...] - Statistics:
KNOW YOUR FACTS: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE APPEALS
RAC appeals are running up ALJs' caseloads. A crucial decision from an administrative law judge [...]
