Home Health Line Breaking News
03/08/2019
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) this week announced a proposed rule that would raise the minimum salary level required for employees to be exempt from overtime.
03/05/2019
Hospices can now view updated provider preview reports and CAHPS Survey provider preview reports.
03/02/2019
The owner of a Miami-based home health care services company has been sentenced to prison for his role in an $8.6 million health care fraud scheme, according to a Feb. 27 release from the Department of Justice. 
03/01/2019
CMS' review choice demonstration has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
02/28/2019
CMS' training materials for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP): Achieving a Full Annual Payment Update (APU) webinar held Jan. 23 are now available.
02/28/2019
Following a recent DecisionHealth webinar about the final interpretive guidelines for the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs), agencies asked questions of industry expert Diane Link, owner of Link Healthcare Advantage.
02/24/2019
In a recent MLN Connects post, CMS reminds providers that the new Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers (MBIs) use numbers 0-9 and all uppercase letters except for S, L, O, I, B and Z.
02/24/2019
Noridian Healthcare Solutions, LLC — CMS’ new Supplemental Medical Review Contractor (SMRC) — has announced it is conducting post-payment reviews of claims for general inpatient (GIP) hospice care.
02/23/2019
The average processing time for appeals decided or dismissed in the first quarter of the 2019 fiscal year at the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) level is 1,302.9 days. That’s the processing time for all appeals, not just home health.
02/21/2019
With Hospice CAHPS data, no scores changed during the latest refresh of Hospice Compare.

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