Home Health Line
02/06/2017
The following is a judge's ruling in Febuary 2017 in the Jimmo case.
02/08/2016
by: OCS HomeCare, now a part of the ABILITY Network
View a list of 5-star agencies by state.
02/08/2016
by: OCS HomeCare, now a part of the ABILITY Network
Only 286 agencies nationwide received five stars in the ratings system involving quality of care, according to new data from Seattle-based OCS HomeCare, now a part of the ABILITY Network.
02/08/2016
by: OCS HomeCare, now a part of the ABILITY Network: 
The following agencies received five stars in the new HHCAHPS Star ratings, according to data from Seattle-based OCS HomeCare, now a part of the ABILITY Network.
02/08/2016
by: OCS HomeCare, now a part of the ABILITY Network
About 37% of the 5,743 agencies nationwide to receive an HHCAHPS star rating received five stars, according to data from Seattle-based OCS HomeCare, now a part of the ABILITY Network.
02/08/2016
Task an administrative employee with calling each patient sometime within the first week of home health to make sure patients are satisfied with your agency.
02/08/2016
Agencies nationwide have achieved an increase of more than 1 percentage point in improvement of dyspnea, CMS’ Jan. 28 release of Home Health Compare data show.
02/08/2016
A lack of proper coder training and confusion about what to do with patients who had care spanning Oct. 1, 2015, are among the main reasons why home health agencies and hospices have had claims returned to provider (RTP’d) since ICD-10’s implementation.
02/08/2016
Long-awaited face-to-face requirements for Medicaid home health patients could prove less burdensome for agencies than suggested by the industry’s experience with Medicare face to face.
02/08/2016
by: Josh Poltilove
Home health agencies and hospices should not use ICD-10-PCS procedure codes, Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) CGS said in ICD-10-related questions and answers provided during a Jan. 27 webinar.

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