Home Health Line
03/27/2017

The OASIS-C2 Q&As that CMS posted Feb. 24 finally offer direction in writing on how to answer M1311 (Current number of unhealed pressure ulcers at each stage) and M1313 (Worsening in pressure ulcer status since SOC/ROC).

03/27/2017
Two hot button issues for the home health industry — new Conditions of Participation (CoPs) and pre-claim reviews — were a key part of the reason many agencies recently traveled to Washington D.C. to attend the National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s (NAHC) March on Washington.
03/27/2017
As agencies invest more in technology such as video call apps and/or text/picture messaging, they must ensure they have a sound business associate agreement in place. This will help them avoid costly legal risks with privacy and security rules under the HIPAA and HITECH regulations.
03/27/2017
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about how stay ahead of changing overtime and wage-and-hour rules to ensure compliance, agencies asked questions of attorney Angelo Spinola, shareholder with Atlanta-based Littler Mendelson. Here are some of his answers.
03/27/2017
A 55-43 Senate vote on March 13 installed Seema Verma as the new administrator of CMS.
03/27/2017
by: ABILITY Network Inc.
The actual reimbursement for home health agencies for PPS episodes in the fourth quarter of 2016 was $3,040. That’s $119 less than for episodes in the first quarter of 2016.
03/13/2017
by: Pearson & Bernard, P.S.C.
View this sample business associate agreement from Pearson & Bernard, P.S.C.
03/13/2017
View the following additional Q&As from Angelo Spinola.

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