Home Health Line Breaking News
12/29/2018
Z47.81 (Encounter for orthopedic aftercare following surgical amputation) was the least profitable primary diagnosis in home health through the first three quarters of 2018. The average reimbursement per episode was $3,031, while the average cost per episode was $2,907.
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.

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