Home Health Line Breaking News
07/02/2018
During a June 27 MLN call, CMS presented its rationale for seeking to remove one measure from home health star ratings in quality of care and seeking to add another measure instead.
07/02/2018
In its latest report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) contends that patients discharged from hospitals generally don’t select the best home health agency in their area.
06/28/2018
CMS has scheduled a home health, hospice and durable medical equipment open door forum for 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST July 11. 
06/26/2018
CMS recently received an application from Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) for continued approval of its hospice accreditation program.
06/26/2018
Watch out for new Medicare cards in your agency: CMS confirmed this month that it has started sending out the new cards with new Medicare beneficiary identifiers (MBIs), and some of your patients may have already received them.
06/25/2018
CMS has announced that hospice provider preview reports and Hospice CAHPS survey provider preview reports have been updated and are now available for providers to view.
06/19/2018
CMS has recently posted an updated home health process quality measure table as a result of the revisions made to the timely initiation of care measure. The document was modified to further align with the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs), which took effect Jan. 13.
06/18/2018
Many home health agencies were taken aback in early June after receiving what appeared to be additional documentation requests (ADRs) from SafeGuard Services LLC, a Unified Program Integrity Contractor (UPIC).
06/13/2018
CMS will address frequently asked questions on quality measures, standardized data elements, the CMS data element library and future directions of the IMPACT Act, according to the event description.
06/12/2018
Providers will have a total of 473 code changes beginning Oct. 1, including  279 new codes, 143 revised codes and 51 deactivated codes, according to the final list of changes issued June 11 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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