Home Health Line Breaking News
12/24/2018
Hospice CAHPS “Public Report Provider Preview Reports” for the second quarter of 2016 through the first quarter of 2018 will be available from now through Jan. 9, 2019.
12/23/2018
Those interested in signing up for the Feb. 1 HHCAHPS survey vendor training now can sign up at https://homehealthcahps.org/Training/RegistrationForm.aspx.
12/22/2018
CMS recently released a list of measures under consideration for various Medicare programs, including the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HHQRP) and Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP).
12/20/2018
Less than two weeks before a new version of the OASIS is scheduled to take effect, CMS has released a final guidance manual for the revised assessment.
12/18/2018
CMS posted post-training materials — with answers to knowledge checks — for its Nov. 6 and 7 Home Health Quality Reporting Program Provider Training. 
12/17/2018
A federal judge has ruled that the entirety of the Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare is unconstitutional, though he did not order a remedy and an appeal is already being assembled.
12/16/2018
A Missouri man is facing up to five years in prison and/or fines of up to $250,000 for submitting to Medicaid false timesheets for home health aide work.
12/15/2018
The nationwide recovery auditor (RAC) that handles issues involving home health, hospice and durable medical equipment (DME) recently added an issue involving DME while in hospice.
12/14/2018
HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a request for information (RFI) to help it identify provisions of HIPAA privacy and security regulations that should be modified.
12/10/2018
CMS has announced that it its review choice demonstration won't launch as planned in Illinois on Dec. 10.

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