Home health PPS presents compliance issues for therapists
Rehab plays a vital role in determining reimbursement under the home health prospective payment system (PPS). Because of this, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) will be keeping a sharp eye on therapists working in the home health care, to make sure that they are not taking advantage of the situation to secure more reimbursement.
There are several compliance traps therapists who work in home health should watch out for, according to David Perry, PT, MS, of Perry Therapeutics, a Michigan-based physical therapy practice. &q
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