Home Health Line Breaking News
08/06/2015
A U.S. District Court judge listened to oral arguments Aug. 6 in the National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s (NAHC) lawsuit battling the face-to-face requirement.
 
08/03/2015
CMS will move forward with restructuring the way it pays hospices, resulting in the first major payment change in more than 30 years.
 
08/03/2015
The correction CMS has made to Table 9 within the 2016 proposed PPS home health rule was posted on the Federal Register’s website Aug. 3. 
 
 
 
 
08/03/2015
Medicare administrative contractors’ local coverage determinations (LCDs) with ICD-10 codes are available for you to review on the CMS coverage database website. You’ll need to know what codes MACs require for billing in ICD-10.
07/30/2015
 Important note about your Coding Center: If you’re using Internet Explorer 8 – you’re using an outdated browser. You must update your Internet Explorer 8 now, or your Home Health Coding Center will NOT function appropriately once upgrades are made on Aug. 17, 2015.
07/28/2015
Home health agencies and other employers that fail to document a “recordable” workplace injury or illness could potentially be cited by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) up to five years after the incident, if a new proposal from OSHA is finalized.
 
 
07/27/2015
CMS has amended the protocol for when it’s acceptable to provide aggregated responses to the “About You” questions — questions 26-32 — of the HHCAHPS. Now, responses will only be permitted if there are at least 10 responses for every response option for each of these questions.
 
07/24/2015
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. 
 
07/23/2015
Clinicians can polish their understanding of different types of surgical wounds and functional items in CMS’ latest OASIS Q&As, released July 22.
 
 
07/20/2015
Palmetto GBA, the Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) in 16 mostly southern states, is hosting a free conference July 30 that will address how agencies can improve face-to-face documentation and avoid denials.
 
 

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