Home Health Line Breaking News
05/23/2018
Honor, a tech-savvy private duty startup, is pumping newly secured $50 million in funding into the expansion of an existing partner network, according to a MedCity News report.
05/18/2018
CMS is working to resolve a claims system issue that, if left unresolved, may cause confusion for home health patients.
05/17/2018
Results of a new DecisionHealth survey show that the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs) have had a greater impact on agencies’ productivity than any other regulation in the past year.
05/17/2018
CMS on May 16 released its latest refresh of Hospice Compare.
05/16/2018
Home health visits that are longer than usual by just one minute reduce the risk of hospital readmission by 8%, a study from the National Bureau of Economic Research shows.
05/14/2018
While home health aide is one of the fastest growing occupations nationwide, a new report shows that growth will fall even shorter of meeting the increasing demand than some anticipated.
05/09/2018
In-home support services and adult day care services are on the list of supplemental benefits to be allowed under Medicare Advantage plans in 2019, according to a recent CMS memo.
05/09/2018
by: Post-Acute Advisor
A study recently published in the Annals of Long-Term Care found that a checklist and certain other care and training interventions lowered the risk of urinary tract infections (UTIs) and over-treatment of UTIs with antibiotics. Results of the study were presented at the American Geriatric Society 2018 Annual Scientific Meetings in Orlando, Fla.
05/03/2018
Now that Alzheimer’s disease has risen to become by far the most commonly used hospice claims-reported diagnosis, hospices must be even more certain that their documentation for Alzheimer’s patients can withstand auditor scrutiny.
05/03/2018
The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has launched a podcast that follows OIG special agencts as they attempt to uncover fraud schemes and bring criminals to justice.

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