Home Health Line Breaking News
12/19/2023
A 14-minute video tutorial is designed to provide targeted guidance for accurate coding for C1310 using a live-action patient scenario.
12/15/2023
The home health operator was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and four counts of health care fraud for falsifying patient files and fraudulently billing Medicare and Medicaid for home health services, according to the Texas attorney general
12/14/2023
We will be conducting planned service maintenance on your Home Health Line website, Saturday, December 16, 2023, beginning at 7:00 a.m. ET. The maintenance should not exceed 3 hours.
12/11/2023
The commission that provides guidance to legislators on Medicare spending is expected to finalize the recommendation early next year ahead of a formal submission to Congress next spring.
12/08/2023
Employers in home health care services added 5,900 jobs in November, continuing a climb for the industry, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
12/07/2023
OIG alleged that the agency employed an individual that it knew or should have known was excluded from participation in federal health care programs.
12/05/2023
There were no additions to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program included on the list, released Dec. 5, 2023.
12/04/2023
The rest of the top five were no plan of care or certification, medical necessity not supported and unable to determine medical necessity due to OASIS not being submitted.
12/01/2023
Effective Jan. 1, 2024, these claims will use Type of Bill 032x only. Disposable NPWT claims that use Type of Bill 034x will be returned to the provider, CMS notes in the updates.
11/28/2023
Hospice visits in the last days of life (HVLDL) dropped from 49.2% in the Nov. 2022 refresh to 47.9% in the latest refresh.

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