Home Health Line Breaking News
08/01/2018
CMS has once again extended its moratoria on new home health agencies and new branches of existing home health agencies by six months in six metropolitan areas.
08/01/2018
The hospice industry will receive $340 million in increased payments in 2019, according to CMS’ final hospice payment rule posted Aug, 1 on the Federal Register. That’s nearly twice the payment increase from 2018.
07/30/2018
Coming updates to the guidelines cover a wide range of coding topics, including neoplasms, myocardial infarctions, pulmonary hypertension, post-procedural sepsis, substance use, underdosing and burns, as well as a new section covering the use of external cause codes and Z codes in healthcare encounters following hurricanes.
07/26/2018
CMS has posted slides about recent Standardized Patient Assessment Data Elements (SPADE) activities involving the IMPACT Act. But it canceled the July 25 special open door forum where it had planned to discuss the slides.
07/25/2018
Home Health Compare's latest refresh marks the fourth straight quarter where there was a rise in the number of 5-star agencies in quality of care.
07/25/2018
A registry that only matches clients with caregivers — but doesn’t control the terms and conditions of the caregiver’s employment — falls outside the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), according to a memo from the Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division.
07/23/2018
The public can now easily view all statements of deficiencies as a result of home health complaint surveys CMS conducted from January 2011 through March 2018. A file CMS recently posted on its website includes more than 16,000 specific deficiencies during that timeframe.
07/19/2018
CMS has announced plans to host a special open door forum 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST July 25 to update providers about the IMPACT Act. 
07/18/2018
A recently released reference guide provides key information about the home health quality reporting program.
07/16/2018
Newly released OASIS Q&As provide guidance on several topics including the one-clinician convention and acceptable resumption of care.

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