Home Health Line Breaking News
11/08/2017
CMS will hold a home health, hospice and durable medical equipment (DME) open door forum 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST.
11/06/2017
Home health agencies and other providers with a low volume of pending appeals at the administrative law judge (ALJ) level now have a new option available to them to get out of the massive appeals backlog.
11/03/2017
Home health aide and personal care aide are expected to be among the top five fastest growing jobs between 2016 and 2026, based on employment projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics.
11/01/2017
Agencies can breathe a deep sigh of relief. CMS won’t launch its drastically revised home health payment model after all.
10/30/2017
CMS on Oct. 27 provided the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) a draft version of its interpretive guidelines for the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
10/27/2017
CMS on Oct. 27 provided the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) a draft version of its interpretive guidelines for the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
10/25/2017
The latest update of Home Health Compare data was released October 24, but only includes new data for HHCAHPS and claims data.
10/25/2017
Home Health Compare’s refresh this quarter produced a slightly different number of 5-star agencies from the prior quarter.
10/24/2017
CMS’ targeted probe-and-educate reviews for home health will consist of three rounds if agencies ensnared in it have a “high payment error rate above 15%,” Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) NGS explained during an Oct. 24 webinar.
10/19/2017
The odds of the home health industry avoiding the Home Health Groupings Model in 2019 have worsened, an industry expert says.

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