Home Health Line Breaking News
08/28/2024
CMS is researching to determine how to correct the incarceration date for impacted beneficiaries and process claims that rejected in error.
08/26/2024
GG items scored in the OASIS will be important for Discharge Function Scores used for public reporting and to determine agency performance udner Home Health Value-Based Purcashing (HHVBP) beginning in 2025.
08/26/2024
Dr. Steven Landers brings almost two decades of experience as a physician, executive leader and health policy advocate to the NCHA-NHPCO Alliance.
08/26/2024
GG items scored in the OASIS will be important for Discharge Function Scores used for public reporting and to determine agency performance udner Home Health Value-Based Purcashing (HHVBP) beginning in 2025.
08/21/2024
The home health and hospice provider was accused of knowingly submitting claims to Medicare for home health serivces that didn’t qualify for Medicare reimbursement and knowingly submitting claims to Medicare for patients who didn’t qualify for the hospice benefit.
08/19/2024
Three recent investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor have led to a combined $437,000 recovered from home care companies.
08/15/2024
Ensure clear communication with hospital discharge planners as patients prepare for home health by making sure the hospital knows the information your agency needs to start care timely.
08/14/2024
CMS released the updated Home Health Grouper Aug. 14 containing acceptable primary diagnoses and the high and low comorbidity adjustment subgroups for the new FY2025 codes — set to take effect Oct. 1.
08/14/2024
CMS has released national data on health equity in post-acute care, looking at discharge rates and per-beneficiary costs based on race and Medicaid status.
08/13/2024
The Home Health Within-Stay Potentially Preventable Hospitalization (PPH) measure, publicly reported since last fall, will replace the Acute-Care Hospitalization (ACH) measure in star ratings calculations.

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