Home Health Line Breaking News
11/02/2018
CMS will hold its next home health, hospice and durable medical equipment open door forum 2 p.m. EST Nov. 14.
11/01/2018
by: Post-Acute Advisor
In editorials in a recent issue of JAMA, authors discussed the need for more research in developing better screening tools for discovering instances of elder abuse.
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.

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