January 2005 Entries

Family Caregiving and Depression

posted @ Monday, January 31, 2005 8:35 AM |

Physician Requirements for Home Health Services

posted @ Monday, January 31, 2005 8:09 AM |

Hospice Foundation of America has Moved

posted @ Monday, January 31, 2005 8:05 AM |

Joint Commission Seeks Input On Potential National Patient Safety Goals

posted @ Friday, January 28, 2005 2:29 PM |

Implementation of Payment Safeguards for Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Claims Failing to Report Prior Hospitalizations

posted @ Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:44 AM |

Administrative Simplification Compliance Act (ASCA) Enforcement of Mandatory Electronic Submission of Medicare Claims

posted @ Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:44 AM |

Learn more about the Prescription Drug Benefit and Medicare Advantage Programs (Including Regulations)

posted @ Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:41 AM |

Medicare Home Health Independence Demonstration

posted @ Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:32 AM |

Minutes from Jan. 10 Meeting of Home Health Advisory Group Available

posted @ Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:19 AM |

Implementation of 2005 Fee Schedule Amounts for Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment and Male External Catheters

posted @ Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:19 AM |

MedPAC Urges Pay-for-Performance Measures

posted @ Monday, January 24, 2005 9:53 AM |

PPS Patients - OASIS Considerations

posted @ Monday, January 24, 2005 9:48 AM |

End of Life in Nursing Homes: Experiences and Policy Recommendations

posted @ Monday, January 24, 2005 9:45 AM |

Palliative and Hospice Care Quality

posted @ Monday, January 24, 2005 9:40 AM |

HHS Takes Major Step to Prescription Drug Benefit

posted @ Friday, January 21, 2005 10:51 AM |

Handbook for Long-Distance Caregivers

posted @ Friday, January 21, 2005 9:14 AM |

Medicare Part B Enrollment for TRICARE

posted @ Wednesday, January 19, 2005 1:10 PM |

2005 Home Oxygen Claims to be Paid Using 2004 Fee Schedule Amounts Until 2005 Fee Schedule Amounts are Ready

posted @ Wednesday, January 19, 2005 1:05 PM |

Be Prepared: Malware Becoming More Prevalent, More Costly

posted @ Wednesday, January 19, 2005 1:03 PM |

VNAA Johnson and Johnson Wound Management Worldwide -What causes a reduction in growth factors?

posted @ Wednesday, January 19, 2005 12:04 PM |

Medicare.gov - Home Health Compare

posted @ Wednesday, January 19, 2005 11:11 AM |

Interest Payment on Clean Medicare Claims Not Paid Timely

posted @ Wednesday, January 19, 2005 9:27 AM |

Draft Statement from NIH State-of-the-Science Conference on Improving End-of-Life Care

posted @ Sunday, January 16, 2005 12:56 PM |

New Tool for Measuring Home Health Care Quality Introduced

posted @ Friday, January 14, 2005 3:51 PM |

Florida Program Aims to Keep Seniors at Home and Save the State Money

posted @ Wednesday, January 12, 2005 9:57 AM |

International Council of Nurses:To donate to nursing in Tsunami affected countries

posted @ Tuesday, January 11, 2005 4:24 PM |

Heath Care Eligibility/Benefit Inquiry and Response, Jan. 11, 2005

posted @ Tuesday, January 11, 2005 1:36 PM |

Health Care Spending in the United States Slows For The First Time In Seven Years

posted @ Tuesday, January 11, 2005 10:03 AM |

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Recovery Audit Contract (RAC) Initiative

posted @ Tuesday, January 11, 2005 9:27 AM |

Doctors Must Be More Aware of Medications Dangerous to Elderly, Say Researchers

posted @ Tuesday, January 11, 2005 8:52 AM |

NHPCO Tsunami Disaster Relief

posted @ Friday, January 07, 2005 2:32 PM |

OIG Advisory Opinion No. 04-18 Concerning Hospice Donations

posted @ Friday, January 07, 2005 2:32 PM |

Bush's Unheralded Health Care Agenda

posted @ Friday, January 07, 2005 8:03 AM |

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization 2005 Provider Benefits Brochure

posted @ Thursday, January 06, 2005 9:13 AM |

Training for the Industry on the New Opportunities Available Under the MMA

posted @ Thursday, January 06, 2005 8:13 AM |

How to Save Medicaid $20 Billion Per Year and Improve the Program in the Process

posted @ Thursday, January 06, 2005 7:57 AM |

Public Comment on UB-04

posted @ Thursday, January 06, 2005 7:33 AM |

Supporting the South Asia Tsunami Relief Effort –Recommendations from the International Council of Nurses

posted @ Wednesday, January 05, 2005 7:52 PM |

Interest Payment on Clean Claims Not Paid Timely

posted @ Wednesday, January 05, 2005 10:21 AM |

HMS Will Give Ecstasy to Terminal Cancer Patients

posted @ Wednesday, January 05, 2005 1:44 AM |

FCC Expands Availability of Funding for Rural Telemedicine Services

posted @ Sunday, January 02, 2005 4:20 PM |

The Hospice Foundation of America Expresses its Sympathy to the Victims of the South Asia Tsunami.

posted @ Sunday, January 02, 2005 3:58 PM |