Home Health Line Breaking News
01/27/2019
CMS data show 695 agencies nationwide earned five stars in HHCAHPS, the ratings system involving patient satisfaction, according to the ratings released Jan. 23.
01/26/2019
CMS has completed its effort to mail Medicare cards with new Medicare beneficiary identifiers (MBIs), and it also trumpeted the high usage of those cards.
01/25/2019
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is once again recommending a 5% Medicare payment reduction for home health agencies. 
01/25/2019
More than a year after the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs) took effect and about four months after the release of related interpretive guidelines, CMS has provided agencies with additional clarifying guidance around the requirements.
01/25/2019
President Donald Trump announced Jan. 25 that he will sign a short-term spending bill to reopen the federal government through Feb. 15, ending the longest shutdown in U.S. history.
01/23/2019
More than 500 agencies nationwide earned five stars in the ratings system involving quality of care, according to ratings released Jan. 23. CMS data showed 8,674 agencies earned star ratings in quality of care.
01/21/2019
CMS released two documents to answer questions and provide additional information about the Hospice Outcomes & Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool.
01/20/2019
Version 3.00 of the hospice quality reporting program quality measure user’s manual is now available for download.
01/19/2019
In November 2018, the RAND Corporation detailed findings of beta testing of items for post-acute providers as part of the IMPACT Act. Beta testing ran from November 2017 through September 2018. RAND’s presentation was providers’ first opportunity to learn results of that testing.
01/18/2019
Fines for Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violations have been adjusted for inflation. A pre-publication version of the U.S. Department of Labor's final rule increasing the civil monetary penalties was posted Jan. 15.

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