Home Health Line Breaking News
08/27/2015
When you have questions or concerns about your transition to ICD-10 after Oct. 1, CMS now has an ombudsman to report them to: Dr. William Rogers MD, a practicing emergency room physician who until now has headed up the CMS Physician Regulatory Issues Team (PRIT) in the agency’s communications office.
 
 
08/27/2015
About 87% of claims received during CMS’ third and final ICD-10 end-to-end testing week were found acceptable by Medicare contractors, CMS announced during an Aug. 27 MLN Connects Call.
 
 
 
08/25/2015
When hospices list codes for anti-cancer and anti-emetic drugs outlined in Medicare Claims Processing Manual Chapter 17, sections 80.1.1 and 80.2.1, claims are being returned to the provider, a CMS employee tells HHL.
 
08/21/2015
A bipartisan bill introduced by the chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee would make Medicare home health agencies, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehab facilities and long-term care hospitals compete against each other for quality-based bonus payments.
 
 
08/21/2015
A court ruling released Aug. 21 is in favor of agencies paying overtime wages to home care workers for live-in and companion services.
 
 
08/21/2015
The proposed 2016 PPS rule for home health means Medicare will continue to overpay agencies, according to Aug. 18 comments by  the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC).
 
 
08/19/2015

Agencies should be aware that a set of Public Reporting Provider Preview Reports for Home Health Compare publication on Oct. 8, which was distributed to providers’ CASPER shared folders, contains incorrect data.

 
08/14/2015
CMS on Aug. 12 posted what it hopes will be a final version for the proposed electronic clinical template it created for doctors to use when documenting face-to-face encounters. 
 
 
 
08/13/2015
Home health agencies will be able to obtain an HHCAHPS preview report next month that will, for the first time, include a dry run of HHCAHPS Star Ratings.
 
 
08/12/2015
CMS is directing Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) to instruct hospices to remove or omit from their claims certain oral anti-cancer and anti-emetic drugs until Jan. 1.
 
 

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