Home Health Line Breaking News
12/20/2024
The new year should bring fresh attention to the Discharge Function Score, as public reporting begins and value-based results are impacted.
12/19/2024
Policy is expected to address staffing levels and competencies of staff, among other requirements. Agencies are also expected to make some information publicly available regarding services offered by the agency.
12/18/2024
More than 87% of counties saw a decrease in the average number of fee-for-service (FFS) home health visits in the post-pandemic period, according to a new report.
12/16/2024
MedPAC staff analysis suggests that overall payment margins for fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare fell in 2023 to 20.2%, down from 22.2% the previous year. That's still far higher than MedPAC feels warranted.
12/15/2024
Beginning on July 1, 2025, agencies will be required to collect and submit OASIS data on all patients, regardless of payer. The policy will be voluntary beginning Jan. 1, 2025.
12/14/2024
The owner of a California hospice reportedly paid “marketers" hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal kickbacks for patient referrals that could be billed to Medicare for purported hospice care, according to the DOJ.
12/12/2024
CMS had pulled a "final" version of the manual released earlier in the week. On Thursday officials published an updated final manual with the change table from the draft version released in the spring.
12/06/2024
Overall, the BLS estimates home health care services include more than 1.831 million jobs, adding 163,900 jobs over the past year.
12/06/2024
When you take DecisionHealth’s 2025 Trends Survey, we’ll send you the Home Health Ready for 2025 Report, with top survey findings, a 2025 regulatory calendar and expert guidance on changes in the home health final rule.
12/03/2024
The woman referred Medicare beneficiaries to several Metro Detroit home health companies in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks paid by the owners and operators of the home health companies, according to a DOJ release.

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