Home Health Line
07/21/2014
Your Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) may be cracking down on face-to-face documentation submitted for all episodes, not just the initial episode.
07/21/2014
Agencies are required to conduct a new start-of-care OASIS and patients must have a new face-to-face visit when patients are discharged from home health and then readmitted fewer than 60 days later, CMS says in the proposed 2015 PPS rule.
07/21/2014
Make sure your clinicians understand CMS’ instructions in its draft OASIS-C1/ICD-9 guidance manual for new OASIS item M1309 (Worsening in pressure ulcer status since start of care [SOC]/resumption of care [ROC]).
07/21/2014
The further clarification of terminal illness and related conditions CMS has included in the proposed 2015 hospice rule is far too expansive, according to some of the views CMS has received during the comment period that ended July 1.
07/21/2014
The final Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospice Survey question set is about 33% shorter than it was in a previous version. But, hospices have some work to do to get ready.
 
07/21/2014
Preliminary findings of a recent survey of 281 acute care hospitals, physician practices and other providers, including home health agencies, indicate postponement of ICD-10 codes until at least Oct. 1, 2015, hasn’t increased the likelihood that care providers will be ready to switch from the current ICD-9 codes.
07/21/2014
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) is considering revising its lawsuit against CMS and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to account for face-to-face regulation changes included in the proposed 2015 home health PPS rule.
07/21/2014
Roughly half the denials Medicare administrative contractor Palmetto GBA issued in recent months were for face-to-face encounter requirements not met, new data show.

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