Home Health Line Breaking News
06/04/2015
CMS posted the latest version of the Hospice Item Set (HIS) to its website June 2.
 
 
06/03/2015
The Senate Finance Committee has approved a bill aimed at reducing the backlog of nearly 900,000 Medicare claims now awaiting administrative law judge (ALJ) hearings. 
 
 
06/02/2015
Don’t forget to remind your data vendors of the changes in file structures CMS has made to accommodate the use of ICD-10 diagnosis codes submitted with the April 21, 2016 data submission.
 
 
06/02/2015
CMS’ second-ever ICD-10 end-to-end testing week did not identify any issues with home health claims, and the home health problem discovered during January’s testing week was indeed fixed.
 
 
06/01/2015
The nationwide review of every home health agency’s face-to-face documentation has yielded a denial rate of 49.2%.
 
 
05/28/2015
CMS is calling on stakeholders and experts to apply by June 1 and contribute direction and thoughtful input as its contractors RTI International and Abt Associates develop potentially avoidable readmission measures in alignment with the Improving Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014.
 
 
05/27/2015
To ensure agencies understand the new patient certification requirements outlined in the 2015 PPS final rule, CMS has decided to conduct pre-payment reviews of claims for episodes beginning on or after Aug. 1, 2015.
 
 
05/15/2015
The U.S. Department of Labor may be proposing to raise the minimum salary requirements for applying overtime exemptions for ‘professional’ and ‘executive’ personnel and to tighten the standards for deciding whether an employee is professional or executive, according to the National Association for Home Care & Hospice.
 
 
05/14/2015
Oral arguments are slated for Aug. 6 in the lawsuit NAHC filed challenging the original face-to-face requirement for a referring physician narrative.
 
 
05/08/2015
Agencies still have a chance to participate in CMS’ third and final end-to-end testing week, which is slated for July 20-24.
 
 

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