CMS Issues Transmittal to Clarify Use of Assistants in SNF Related to Jimmo...
On Thursday, January 16th during the SNF Open Door Forum call, CMS clarified the proper usage of assistants for providing therapy to SNF patients for maintenance related situations based on the Jimmo...
View ArticleContact Your Members of Congress Now [3-20-14]
Fee Schedule Cuts and Expiration of Therapy Caps Exceptions Process Looming on March 31, 2014 Under current law, Medicare payments under the physician fee schedule will be drastically reduced on April...
View ArticleUpdate on Status of Doc Fix and Therapy Caps [4-1-14]
Last week, the House passed a Doc Fix (SGR) Bill by voice vote on Thursday, March 27th. The bill, Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, would prevent the 24% cut to the Physician Fee Schedule and...
View ArticleMarden Rehabilitation Initiates Services in Florida [07-11-14]
The Marden Companies of Marietta Ohio are pleased to announce that effective August 1, 2014, Marden Rehabilitation Services of Florida, Inc., one of their wholly-owned subsidiaries, will provide...
View Article25 Years of The Marden Companies! [07-11-14]
2014 is a major milestone for The Marden Companies. Twenty-five years ago, with a vision to become a leading regional provider of therapy services, Marden began with a single Ohio outpatient clinic....
View ArticleFace to Face Is Changing for the Better [07-16-14]
On July 1, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published the home health prospective payment rule (the “Proposed Regulations”) for calendar year 2015. Importantly, the Proposed...
View ArticleMarietta Enforcing Hands-Free Law [07-22-14]
The Marietta Police Department is beginning to aggressively enforce the no-texting while driving ban. The law prohibits not only texting but any use of handheld wireless devices that you manipulate...
View ArticleMarden Implements New EMR and Practice Management System for Home Health...
Marden has selected Homecare Homebase’s (HCHB) Homecare Solution as its new EMR and practice management software for our home health services. Additionally, Knowledge Link, a multidimensional...
View ArticleMarden Implements New Mobile Device Managment System With AirWatch [11-20-14]
In keeping with our commitment to closely guard and protect patient health information, Marden has collaborated with and selected AIRWATCH to deploy a mobile device management (MDM) solution as part of...
View ArticleSenate Passes Permanent SGR Fix; Therapy Caps Exceptions Process Extended Two...
On April 14th, by a vote of 92-8, the Senate passed H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, which had passed the House over three weeks ago by a wide margin. The bill will now be sent...
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