Home Health Line Breaking News
02/09/2015
In response to industry concerns about the length of the “clinical template” it created to reduce home health claims denials for lack of face-to-face information, CMS posted a reminder on its website Feb. 5 that the five-page form is voluntary.
 
02/09/2015
In response to industry concerns about the length of the “clinical template” it created to reduce home health claims denials for lack of face-to-face information, CMS posted a reminder on its website Feb. 5 that the five-page form is voluntary.
 
02/05/2015
CMS will implement its new 5-Star rating system on Home Health Compare using half-star increments instead of the full-star increments as previously discussed. The system will start in July and be published quarterly thereafter.
 
 
02/02/2015
The Home Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HHCAHPS) website has been revised for authorized users — either a vendor or an agency — to include a “Dashboard” tab, CMS has announced.
 
 
02/02/2015
President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2016 budget calls for 30% of Medicare payments to providers based on delivery of “efficient, high-quality, coordinated health care rather than paying for volume of health care services.”
 
 
01/30/2015
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,
 
 
01/29/2015

CMS announced Jan. 28 that it is considering developing a voluntary clinical template physicians can complete during face-to-face examinations of Medicare patients.

 
 
01/27/2015
CMS is reporting that some agencies are still experiencing issues with rejected OASIS records in the Assessment Submission and Processing (ASAP) system related to inconsistent or missing data in the Certification And Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) Provider Auxiliary Facility table with the national database.
01/27/2015
The Labor Department has appealed federal district court decisions invalidating the department’s rules in favor of overtime compensation for personal care.
 
 
01/14/2015
Even though CMS implemented face-to-face documentation requirement changes for episodes beginning Jan. 1 or later, the federal Medicare agency is still considering delaying those changes.
 
 

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