Home Health Line Breaking News
10/31/2018
CMS has finalized a plan to launch a budget-neutral payment model for home health that utilizes 30-day payment periods and stops using the number of therapy visits to determine payment. That’s according to the 2019 PPS final rule posted Oct. 31 on the Federal Register website.
10/30/2018
CMS has just given itself an additional year — until Nov. 3, 2019 — to finalize its proposed rule involving discharge planning.
10/28/2018
CMS has announced it will grant exceptions under certain Medicare value-based purchasing and quality reporting programs in areas affected by Hurricane Florence.
10/27/2018
CMS has posted post-training materials for the hospice quality reporting program overview webinar it held Aug. 30.
10/26/2018
Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) are mailing notifications to agencies determined to be noncompliant with quality reporting requirements for 2017, CMS recently announced. This will affect the 2019 annual payment update.
10/24/2018
The number of agencies earning five stars in patient satisfaction saw a substantial drop for the first time in a year, according to the October 2018 refresh of Home Health Compare.
10/22/2018
by: Post-Acute Advisor
A former Mississippi hospice owner Charline Brandon has pleaded guilty to making fraudulent hospice claims.
10/21/2018
Part A/B and home health Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) are collaborating to hold two webinars Dec. 12 about home health referrals and clinical documentation requirements.
10/20/2018
Coders working for outsourced coding companies probably haven’t received a salary increase in quite a while.
10/15/2018
CMS is seeking public comment on a proposal to implement a survey requiring states report progress toward implementing electronic visit verification (EVV) as required by the 21st Century Cures Act.

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