Home Health Line Breaking News
05/02/2018
Data reveal that a disproportionate percentage of agencies received 5 stars in Miami, which has a reputation for being a hotbed of fraud.
05/01/2018
HHS will hold an open door call this month to discuss its expanded Settlement Conference Facilitation program. The call will be held May 22.
04/27/2018
Hospices are expected to receive a 1.8% payment increase in 2019 — an improvement from the prior year, according to the 2019 proposed hospice payment rule posted April 27 on the Federal Register.
04/26/2018
Hospice-level and hospice patient stay-level quality measure reports are once again available, according to an April 17 post on CMS’ hospice quality reporting webpage.
04/25/2018
New guidance from CMS is now available to help agencies take full advantage of user-requested CASPER reports known as Home Health Review and Correct reports.
04/25/2018
Home health coders could have 435 ICD-10-CM code changes to deal with starting Oct. 1, with 247 new codes, 139 revised codes and 49 codes rendered invalid, according to the proposed hospital inpatient prospective payment system rule (IPPS) rule released April 24.
04/25/2018
Spending on home health is expected to climb to $32 billion by 2028, according to projections from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
04/25/2018
CMS this month has released five pages of frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the IMPACT Act.
04/19/2018
Home care startup Hometeam will shift from a direct to consumer model to one that works closely with insurers.
04/18/2018
CMS this month announced it has posted the latest Home Health Agency Public Use File (PUF), with data from 2015.

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