Home Health Line Breaking News
04/29/2022
CMS is updating the requirements when an agency is working with a nurse practitioner for home health orders or the care plan.
04/28/2022
A Texas home health agency owner is accused of fraudulently billing Medicare for more than $10 million.
04/27/2022
CMS has updated the individual data for home health providers at Care Compare, including two new data points.
04/25/2022
The findings from the new report note Total Performance Scores were 7% higher among agencies in the HHVBP states.
04/24/2022
A CMS change request issued April 7, 2022, is addressing issues identified with a unique issue with the transition to the Notice of Admission from the Request for Anticipated Payment, as well as a revision to make sure gaps in care are calculated consistently.
04/23/2022
The Medicare Administrative Contractors each issued notices earlier this month highlighting the need for hospice providers to submit data for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) to avoid payment penalties.
04/19/2022
CMS provides further guidance surrounding when to complete RFA 7 (Transferred to an inpatient facility — patient discharged from agency) and when to complete RFA 8 (Death at home) in its second quarter OASIS Q&As, released April 19.
04/18/2022
CMS will pay for a second COVID-19 booster shot of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines.
04/14/2022
A Notice of Admission error involving previous discharges that was thought to be fixed is continuing to cause trouble for home health agencies, according to an alert from Medicare Administrative Contractors NGS and Palmetto GBA.
04/13/2022
The Department of Health and Human Services has extended the Public Health Emergency due to COVID-19 for an additional 90 days.

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