Home Health Line Breaking News
05/21/2021
A new Kaiser Family Foundation study reports 1 in 4 Medicare beneficiaries had a telehealth visit between the summer and fall of 2020.
05/20/2021
Simione Healthcare Consultants and BlackTree Healthcare Consulting have combined to form SimiTree Healthcare Consulting.
05/20/2021
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice is seeking provider input for a survey on distributing the COVID-19 vaccine to homebound patients.
05/14/2021
CMS has issued guidance to states on how it expects officials to administer new federal spending for home and community-based services. The guidance also suggests how agencies should spend the money if they end up benefiting from this new federal aid.
05/14/2021
CMS and its contractor, Abt Associates, are now recruiting Medicare-certified hospice providers to participate in a beta test of the draft hospice patient assessment instrument.
05/13/2021
CMS has released an interim final rule that sets COVID-19 vaccine requirements for long-term care facilities and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
05/10/2021
CMS is clarifying guidance in the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual related to 2021 RAP requirements and the rules around a substitute signature on the plan of care.
05/07/2021
CMS has increased the Medicare payment rate for administering monoclonal antibodies to treat beneficiaries with COVID-19, continuing coverage under the Medicare Part B COVID-19 vaccine benefit.
05/07/2021
Exceptions are allowed for RAPs approved outside of the five-day window in 2021, but agencies should include information in the remarks field indicating the reason the RAP was late.
05/07/2021
A medical clinic owner in Richmond, Texas, has been ordered to serve 25 years in prison after being convicted of conspiracy and aiding and abetting health care fraud in a $11 million home health Medicare scam.

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