Home Health Line Breaking News
03/29/2016
Unions had a big victory before the U.S. Supreme Court on March 29 when a ruling about whether individuals have the right to opt out of paying union dues ended in a 4-4 tie.
03/28/2016
Tech-savvy private duty startup Honor has announced a new partnership with the American Cancer Society. The goal is to help the company provide more specialized care to clients with cancer.
03/18/2016
Take note: CMS has rescheduled its next home health, hospice and durable medical equipment open door forum. The forum is now scheduled for May 4.
02/23/2016
CMS is accepting nominations for a Technical Expert Panel (TEP) to examine quality of care star ratings.
02/16/2016
CMS is accepting nominations for the IMPACT Act Technical Expert Panel (TEP). The panel will develop and maintain standardized patient assessment data.
02/10/2016
Home health billers need to look out for a new condition code for reporting episodes with no skilled visits.
02/08/2016
The HHCAHPS Coordination Team has corrected Appendix B, p. B-5, of the HHCAHPS Protocols and Guidelines Manual Version 8.0 to change the field length of each of the ICD-10 “Primary diagnosis” and “Other diagnoses” elements now correctly displays as “7” rather than “5.” 
01/28/2016
CMS on Jan. 28 released its first-ever patient experience of care star ratings for the home health industry.
01/27/2016
Effective July 1, agencies will have to comply with a face-to-face encounter requirement for Medicaid home health care, similar to the requirements for Medicare.
01/21/2016
CMS has released the January 2016 OASIS Q&As on its OASIS User Guides & Training website.

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