Home Health Line Breaking News
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.
08/12/2024
There were 10 home health transactions in the quarter, compared to six in the first three months of the year. It remains to be seen how payment cuts expected to be finalized in November will impact sales in the second half of 2024.
08/09/2024
The California doctor falsely stated on claims forms that patients had terminal illnesses to make them eligible for hospice services, according to the Department of Justice.
08/08/2024
Providers that fail to coordinate and document interdisciplinary communication risk claim denials, survey citations or patient injury.
08/06/2024
CMS says it may use the information collected to make changes to the design of the program. The list of topics include presentation, accessibility, training, data utilization and future enhancements.
08/05/2024
Home health care added 21,600 jobs in July. By comparison, hospitals added just 19,500 jobs.
08/02/2024
The Annual Performance Report is expected to be released this month, giving agencies a look at their performance in 2023, and how that will impact rates in 2025.
07/30/2024
The fiscal year 2025 hospice payment increase will be 2.9%, according to the final rule released Tuesday, July 30. The proposed payment update released in March was 2.6%. 
07/29/2024
Clinicians struggling to accurately score D0150, Patient Mood Interview (PHQ-2 to 9), and D0160, Total Severity Score, have a new resource via a CMS video tutorial.
07/25/2024
The MedPAC data shows that Medicare margins for freestanding home health agencies was at 22.1% in 2022, down from 24.9% in 2021.

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