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Education Library
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Feb 12th, 2008
Home Health Agency Manual. VNAA Education Library. VNAA strives to provide its members with the most accurate and update information available:. Benchmarking and OBQI. Immunization Corner. Bioterrorism Preparedness Resources. OCS OBQI Series Handouts. Part 1. and. OBQI and the New Approach to...
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VNAA Comments to HHS on Narrowing Medicare Appeals Process
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Feb 4th, 2008
As previously reported in VNAA Member Update, the Department of Health and Human Services issued proposed rules which significantly narrow the appeals process related to Medicare and other Departmental programs. Specifically, they require Administrative Law Judges and members of the Departmental...
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Free HCPCS Code Directory
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Feb 4th, 2008
Many of us either buy new HCPCS Code Directories every year for a pretty price or struggle with “dog-eared” earlier editions rather than spend the money for an up-to-date version. Because CMS publishes the HCPCS codes they are not copy-written and are available on the CMS website. Like most...
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Medicare Disease Management Demonstration on Brink of Failure
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Feb 4th, 2008
For those VNAs who had expressed interest in participating in the Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Program three years ago and were either rebuffed by the disease management organizations who dominated the program or who avoided the program because of its obvious flaws, the expected outcome has...
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Freeze on Medicare HHPPS Claims Processing Begins to Thaw
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Jan 28th, 2008
Medicare home health claims processing which has been frozen since January 1, finally began to thaw last week. All Regional Home Health Intermediaries have released claims and RAPs from hold status and are working through the backlog. VNAs that contacted VNAA have reported that they are now...
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Wisconsin Waiver Program Discussed as a Model for Community-Based Long Term Care
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Jan 28th, 2008
The Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Program has long been viewed as the standard of innovation in providing long-term care services to persons outside of the institutional setting. Since each State is free to design its own plan, there is a great deal of variation among programs....
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