Home Health Line Breaking News
11/21/2016
Agencies only have days left to comment on two new items coming soon as a result of the IMPACT Act of 2014.
11/07/2016
Cotiviti Healthcare, which previously served as a recovery audit contractor (RAC) for multiple types of health care providers including home health agencies, recently submitted about 71,000 home health claims adjustments to Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Palmetto GBA for recovery.
09/29/2016

Reps. James McGovern (D-Mass.) and Tom Price (R-Ga.) introduced a bill Sept. 28 that would impose a one-year moratorium on the pre-claim review demonstration that currently is roiling the home health industry in  Illinois. The bill would require CMS to report to Congress on the impact of the demo on patients, agencies, physicians and Medicare spending.

09/23/2016
CMS announced Sept. 23 that it has postponed the home health, hospice and durable medical equipment open door forum it had previously scheduled for Oct. 5.
09/20/2016
Agencies waiting with dread for pre-claim reviews to begin in their states can breathe a slight sigh of relief — CMS announced Sept. 19 that the demonstration is on hold outside of Illinois.
07/29/2016
As part of a July 26 update to its Q&As on the pre-claim review demonstration, CMS has made clear what agencies should do if they receive a provisionally affirmed decision but find later in the episode that the patient needs new services, such as therapy.
07/29/2016

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.

 
07/29/2016
Medicare’s hospice payments, adjusted for inflation and other factors, will rise an estimated 2.1% in 2017, according to the final hospice payment rule posted July 29. And CMS will begin collecting data on two new quality measures starting in April 2017.
07/28/2016
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has created a "model notice to physicians" for agencies to use to educate doctors about the new pre-claim review demo coming in five states.
07/18/2016

Public comments on OASIS-C2 are due Aug. 1.  CMS announced in June a second comment period on the assessment tool changes set to take effect in January.

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