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M2002 physician response time question 2/10

02.24.2010  |  Comments Off

About the timeline for M2002: The directions state the physician must RESPOND with acknowledgement of receipt of info and/or further advice or instructions. Must that occur within one calendar day? What if you ... Continue Reading »

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Congratulations to our elite members!

02.23.2010  |  Comments Off

OCS Home Care has named it "eliete" home care agencies of 2009, and three WHO members are on it! Watertown Memorial Hospital Home Health was named among the Top 100 agencies. Homecare Health Services and ... Continue Reading »

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IRS: new 990 form released, with revised instructions

02.22.2010  |  Comments Off

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) this week released the 2009 Form 990, schedules and instructions that have been revised to clarify certain reporting requirements for tax-exempt organizations. Most of the changes are intended just ... Continue Reading »

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Home health quality improvement

02.19.2010  |  Comments Off

February 19,2010 Data Access System Launched As an HHQI National Campaign participant, you can now register for access to the new Data Access System by clicking here. This secure Web site will allow certain ... Continue Reading »

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2010 Education Survey – Please answer!

02.12.2010  |  Comments Off

Here's the survey in two formats -- Word and PDF. If you use the Word form, you can copy your completed survey and paste it into an email to me at wishomecare@earthlink.net ... Continue Reading »

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2010 Home Health PPS (HH PPS) PC Pricer

02.11.2010  |  Comments Off

The CY 2010 Home Health PPS (HH PPS) PC Pricer has been added to the CMS website. This is on the web page, under the Downloads section. Continue Reading »

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February AIDE newsletter, test and key (members only)

02.10.2010  |  Comments Off

The February newsletter February 2010 post test February 2010 post test answer KEY Continue Reading »

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WHO offers four-part Medicare reimbursement webinar

02.09.2010  |  Comments Off

Improving YOUR Medicare Home Health Performance: An Exclusive 4-Part Series for Wisconsin Medicare-Certified Home Health Providers It is no secret…Wisconsin Medicare home health providers are consistently under-performing financially when compared to providers in ... Continue Reading »

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OASIS C Best Practices manual (members only)

02.08.2010  |  2 Comments ››

OASIS C Best Practice Manual (148 pages) Continue Reading »

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Act 172 — repeal or amend

02.04.2010  |  Comments Off

Wisconsin Homecare Organization Repeal or Amend Wisconsin Act 172 February 2009 Recently enacted Wisconsin Act 172 was passed in an inappropriate manner, governs the wrong segment of the population and unfairly creates barriers to ... Continue Reading »