Home Health Line Breaking News
06/27/2017
The U.S. Senate won't vote on its version of the health care bill until after its July 4 recess is complete.
06/26/2017
The website for HHS’ office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (ASPR-TRACIE) was recently updated with additional information about emergency preparedness.
06/21/2017
CMS on June 20 held a special open door forum to discuss its efforts to standardize patient assessment data across post-acute care settings as a result of the IMPACT Act.
06/20/2017
CMS has released video recordings of presentations and Q&A sessions from the provider training that took place in May.
06/14/2017
Starting Oct. 1, 2017, you’ll be able to capture the severity of non-pressure chronic ulcers that have penetrated muscle and bone tissue but haven’t caused necrosis, thanks to the addition of 72 new codes in the L97.- (Non-pressure chronic ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified) and L98.- categories (Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue, not elsewhere classified).
06/12/2017
A new bill filed in the U.S. House would require CMS to consider a patient’s entire record — including the home health agency’s medical record — when determining whether a patient is eligible to receive home health care.
06/12/2017
CMS in recent months has released additional Q&As about the emergency preparedness requirement that takes place as of Nov. 15. 
06/07/2017
A new appendix in the State Operations Manual contains interpretive guidelines and survey procedures for the emergency preparedness final rule, which takes effect Nov. 15.
06/07/2017
Provider preview reports for the Hospice Item Set (HIS) are now available for hospices to view. The data involve the fourth quarter of 2015 through the third quarter of 2017.
06/01/2017
We upgraded our prior listserv to the new Home Care Forum!

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