Home Health Line Breaking News
10/21/2015
An issue with National Provider Identifiers (NPIs), which caused home health agencies and hospices nationwide to have problems submitting claims, appeared to be resolved but may have reappeared.
10/21/2015
Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) NGS has identified a claims processing issue involving claims for several immunization and administration procedures codes being incorrectly denied due to an incorrect diagnosis code.
10/20/2015
In comments submitted to CMS, agencies expressed concern with the proposed electronic clinical template created for doctors to use when documenting face-to-face encounters.
10/20/2015
by: Lucas Deloach, attorney
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Home Care Rule, which excludes employees of third-party employers from the companionship and live-in domestic service worker exemptions to the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (FLSA’s) overtime and minimum wage requirements, is now effective.
Below are some key compliance tips to assist in reclassifying home care employees as non-exempt.
10/19/2015
CMS is establishing new G-codes to differentiate levels of nursing services provided during home health and/or hospice stays. Previously codes didn’t differentiate between RN and LPN services.
10/16/2015
An issue is causing home health final claims spanning Oct. 1, 2015, to incorrectly be rejected/returned to provider (RTP’d), according to Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) Palmetto GBA and CGS.
10/15/2015
An issue with National Provider Identifiers (NPIs), which caused home health agencies and hospices nationwide to have problems submitting claims, has been resolved.
10/09/2015
A recent CMS training call about the CAHPS Hospice Survey alerted hospices that survey results won’t be publicly reported for about a year or longer. But hospices still need to send in their data now or they could face financial repercussions.
10/09/2015
Seventy-four agencies earned five stars for the first time in CMS’ second public reporting of its star-rating system, which coincides with the Home Health Compare quality measures refresh.
10/09/2015
A new change request from CMS makes clear that doctors may initial and date amendments and delayed entries into medical documentation. Before doctors only had the option of signing and dating the information, but now they could either sign or initial.

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