Home Health Line Breaking News
04/28/2019
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will hold a meeting May 14 to discuss issues involving whistleblower protection.
04/27/2019
Under the PPS, if an agency provides four visits or fewer to a patient, it will result in a LUPA.
04/26/2019
CMS has posted two job aids to help agencies ensure they’re submitting all the information necessary for pre-claim reviews during the review choice demonstration.
04/23/2019
by: DecisionHealth
Coders will have new ICD-10-CM codes to report pressure-induced deep tissue damage, acute versus chronic embolism and thrombosis and fractures of the facial bones around the eye, among other changes.
04/23/2019
by: DecisionHealth
Coders will have new ICD-10-CM codes to report pressure-induced deep tissue damage, acute versus chronic embolism and thrombosis and fractures of the facial bones around the eye, among other changes.
04/20/2019
CMS in its latest quarterly OASIS Q&As provided agencies with additional clarity about GG0170P (Mobility, Picking up object).
04/20/2019
by: Post-Acute Advisor
The Department of Labor has published three Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the minimum salary requirement for an employee to qualify for overtime, which forms of payment can be included and excluded in the “time and one-half” calculation when determining workers’ overtime rates, and clarifications of and revisions to the responsibilities of employers and joint employers to employees in joint employer arrangements.
04/20/2019
Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) CGS’ recently posted video from its New Medicare Card Transition Ask-the-Contractor teleconference (ACT).
04/19/2019
The hospice industry is expected to receive about $540 million in increased payments in 2020, according to CMS’ proposed hospice payment rule posted April 19 on the Federal Register.
04/15/2019
The April release includes 15 questions and answers, 14 of which deal with items new to OASIS-D.

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