Home Health Line Breaking News
01/29/2014
Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA plans to perform service-specific prepay probe reviews on eight HIPPS codes involving 20 or more therapy visits.
01/23/2014
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s March report to Congress will recommend that hospice payment rates be frozen at current levels in 2015.
01/23/2014
Members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) endorsed staff recommendations that that commission’s March report to Congress include lower Medicare payments to agencies that exceed a set rehospitalization limit for patients they admit.
01/22/2014
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a First Amendment case this week involving home care providers in Chicago who care for disabled adults and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
 
01/17/2014
Medicare contractors is temporarily delaying the release of all home health low utilization payment adjustments ( LUPA) claims with "through" dates on or after January 1, 2014. 
01/17/2014
Last December, the number of home health jobs dropped by 3,700, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Jan. 10.
 
01/17/2014
Medicare providers seeking administrative law judge reviews of claim denials had to have filed their requests prior to April 1, 2013 if they want avoid the current appeals delay of 30 months or more.
01/16/2014
The brief required narrative that must be included in the face-to-face encounter form that physicians sign must  adhere to two new sets of criteria CMS introduced last November to justify homebound status.  
01/10/2014
A surge in Medicare claim appeals means agencies filing requests for hearings on Medicare contractor denials will have to wait almost two-and-a-half years for these requests to be assigned to an administrative law judge (ALJ), the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) is warning providers.
12/30/2013
Home health agencies and hospices are among the 17 types of providers and suppliers that may have to comply with CMS’ proposed rule that would impose national emergency preparedness requirements on Medicare and Medicaid-participating providers and suppliers.

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