Home Health Line Breaking News
01/23/2019
More than 500 agencies nationwide earned five stars in the ratings system involving quality of care, according to ratings released Jan. 23. CMS data showed 8,674 agencies earned star ratings in quality of care.
01/21/2019
CMS released two documents to answer questions and provide additional information about the Hospice Outcomes & Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool.
01/20/2019
Version 3.00 of the hospice quality reporting program quality measure user’s manual is now available for download.
01/19/2019
In November 2018, the RAND Corporation detailed findings of beta testing of items for post-acute providers as part of the IMPACT Act. Beta testing ran from November 2017 through September 2018. RAND’s presentation was providers’ first opportunity to learn results of that testing.
01/18/2019
Fines for Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violations have been adjusted for inflation. A pre-publication version of the U.S. Department of Labor's final rule increasing the civil monetary penalties was posted Jan. 15.
01/15/2019
About two weeks after OASIS-D took effect, CMS has issued its quarterly Q&A update providing guidance on items new to the assessment, as well as items that were also present on OASIS-C2.
01/13/2019
The next data submission deadline for HHCAHPS is 11:59 p.m. EST Jan. 17. But note that CMS says that to ensure files can be accepted by the deadline, files must be submitted on or before Jan. 16.
01/12/2019
The Hospice CAHPS survey participation exemption for size request form is now available for the 2019 calendar year.
01/11/2019
Agencies can now use CASPER to download quality of patient care star rating preview reports for the April 2019 Home Health Compare refresh, according to CMS. 
01/06/2019
Hospice CAHPS survey reports provider preview reports and hospice provider preview reports have been updated and are now available.

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