Home Health Line Breaking News
08/28/2017
As Hurricane Harvey hit Texas and the flood waters rose, vulnerable seniors were among those most in need of help.
08/24/2017
The document contains 11 questions and their answers. One Q&A relates to wound items M1311 and M1313 and three related to drug regimen review items M2001, M2003 and M2005.
08/16/2017
Hospice Compare’s launch Aug. 16 confirms that, for the most part, hospices already perform well on the Hospice Item Set (HIS). But there’s still room for improvement on at least one measure — pain assessments.
08/15/2017
CMS has scheduled a webinar from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST Sept. 20 to discuss hospice quality reporting.
08/11/2017
by: DecisionHealth staff
Don’t automatically presume a link between two conditions within a combination code in cases when a guideline requires that link to be explicitly documented, the latest version of ICD-10-CM coding rules clarifies.

 
08/10/2017
Bill Dombi has been named interim president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). This announcement comes following the July 25 passing of president Val Halamandaris.
08/10/2017
The revised home health conditions of participation (CoPs) have been delayed, but that doesn’t mean agency preparations should be.
08/07/2017
Hospices that received letters from CMS indicating they failed to meet the 2016 calendar year quality reporting requirements must act quickly if they decide to submit reconsideration requests.
08/07/2017
CMS released the 2018 guidance manual for OASIS-C2 on August 4. The new guidance manual, which takes effect, Jan. 1, 2018, clarifies the “one-clinician rule,” among other things.
08/04/2017
CMS will hold a Hospice CAHPS survey vendor training session Sept. 27. Although the event is attended for survey vendors, subcontractors and other organizations involved in administering the survey, providers are welcome.

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