Home Health Line Breaking News
06/11/2021
Medicare Administrative Contractors have addressed a payment error impacting some claims that were tied to the generic HIPPS code used on RAPs.
06/10/2021
Home health care workers are among those targeted under a new emergency temporary standard (ETS) released June 10, 2021, by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). There are important exemptions to the ETS that include some home health settings.
06/09/2021
CMS will pay more money to Medicare providers for administering the COVID-19 vaccine in the home, according to a news release Wednesday morning.
06/04/2021
California state health officials announced this week that they will extend a mask mandate through June 15, despite Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines that lifted many of the restrictions for fully vaccinated people.
06/03/2021
Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) have resumed post-payment medical reviews on claims during the public health emergency.
06/03/2021
CMS says that the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model resulted in savings of more than $600 million between 2016 and 2019. Industry observers expect a nationwide expansion in the 2022 Home Health Prospective Payment System proposed rule this summer.
06/02/2021
Caretenders of Jacksonville, Fla., agreed that one claim was paid in error among the 100 claims that OIG had reviewed, but disagreed with OIG’s statement that 38 other claims were improperly billed.
05/28/2021
A Burbank, Calif., home health agency owner is accused of misappropriating nearly $230,000 in federal assistance granted to businesses during the pandemic.
05/28/2021
CMS is encouraging agencies to make sure they are billing correctly when submitting claims near the LUPA threshold.
05/27/2021
A webinar at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 2, is expected to provide new training for hospice providers on the Hospice Quality Composite Measure.

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