Home Health Line Breaking News
04/13/2016

Take heed: Yet another care delivery model has been launched to improve the quality of patient care. The Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) model announced April 11 by CMS will work with private insurers to pay participating primary care providers a per beneficiary per month (PBPM) fee, allowing them to design their own care choices for patients, including services not currently paid under the Medicare fee-for-service model.

04/13/2016
CMS has scheduled an open door forum 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST April 26 to discuss face-to-face encounter requirements for Medicaid patients.
04/04/2016
Attendees at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s (NAHC) annual March on Washington conference discussed the regulatory burdens felt from face-to-face requirements and the issues they have with a proposed prior authorization demo. They expressed these concerns minutes after CMS presented a session focused primarily on care delivery models such as accountable care organizations (ACOs).
04/01/2016
Beneficiaries don’t necessarily have to be present during advance care planning discussions for providers to bill for advance care planning. That guidance was included in Q&As CMS released March 22.
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.

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