Home Health Line Breaking News
06/09/2019
CMS continues to work diligently to retool the development of a hospice assessment tool. This includes holding open door forums to discuss the project and seek feedback.
06/08/2019
Agencies in Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, Florida or Texas can get updates from Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Palmetto GBA about the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) by listening to Palmetto’s teleconferences in July and August.
06/02/2019
by: Home Health Compare
For several years, the home health industry hasn’t had any positive or negative changes in any of the five major HHCAHPS categories.
06/01/2019
According to CNBC, telecommunications company Comcast is working to create in-home devices that will monitor health. 
06/01/2019
Educate doctors about revenue opportunities involving CCM to get your foot in the door with potential referral sources.
05/29/2019
The Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019, H.R. 2573, would preserve Medicare recipients’ access to home health services and provide a pathway for innovative approaches to using these services.
05/25/2019
Newly posted data from Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) CGS show agencies are still struggling with CMS’ targeted probe-and-educate (TPE) review.
05/23/2019
With Hospice CAHPS data, scores decreased on the measure “Willing to recommend this hospice” dropped to 84% in May 2019 from 85% in February 2019.
05/20/2019
The materials — which were published on CMS’ website May 14 — contain correct responses to knowledge checks from the training as well as a Q&A document with 109 questions and their responses.
05/20/2019
The memorandum posted to CMS’ website May 14 outlines how the recertification follow-up assessment will work in the days leading up to implementation of both OASIS-D1 and the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM).

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