Home Health Line Breaking News
04/23/2025
New data includes HHCAHPS results from October 2023 to September 2024 and OASIS data from July 2023 through June 2024.
04/21/2025
The HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is turning its attention to new hospice providers under Medicare, according to an April update to the work plan. 
04/21/2025
CMS recently discovered an error in the Discharge Function quality measure scores that were included in the preview reports released April 2, 2025.
04/17/2025
An agency would be required to collect and submit an OASIS for a non-Medicare/non-Medicaid patient who had a SOC date of June 29, but the SOC assessment didn't get completed until on or after July 1, CMS clarified in the April quarterly OASIS Q&As. 
04/15/2025
CGS recently released its top claim submission errors in January and February of 2025. At No. 1: “From date on Notice of Admission (NOA) falls within an existing home health admission period.”
04/14/2025
A federal court has sentenced the owner of three Ohio-based home health companies to 42 months in prison and ordered her to pay $5.7 million in restitution related to a Medicaid fraud case, according to the Ohio Attorney General’s (AG) Office. 
04/11/2025
The proposed rule includes a hospice payment update of 2.4% beginning in October 2025. The payment update would mean an estimated $695 million in increased payments to hospices, according to CMS. 
04/11/2025
The proposed ICD-10 code changes — released with the FY2026 Hospital Inpatient PPS (IPPS) proposed rule on April 11 —   include a new code for type 2 diabetes mellitus in remission, more than 100 new codes to capture non-pressure chronic ulcers in various stages as well as new codes for malignant inflammatory neoplasms. 
04/10/2025
Prior to July 1, 2024, providers had 76 days before the claim would be counted as a non-response error and subject to overpayment recovery. Since then, the window has been 60 days.
04/08/2025
Agencies can get their best picture yet of 2024 results with July preview reports now available in iQIES.

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