Home Health Line Breaking News
11/01/2024
The home health industry received a surprise third reprieve from payment cuts expected in 2025 with a 0.5% aggregate pay increase set in the Home Health Prospective Payment System final rule released late Friday, Nov. 1. 
10/29/2024
In June, CMS proposed a 1.7% cut to the national standardized 30-day period payment rate in 2025.
10/25/2024
In order to request a hearing by an ALJ, the amount remaining in controversy must meet the threshold of $190 beginning in January. That is the first increase since 2021.
10/23/2024
The most notable change came in Discharge to Community, dropping from 76.6% in 2022 to 76.1% last year.
10/22/2024
The first Screen Positive for Health-Related Social Needs Indicator Confidential Feedback Report for your patient population on health literacy, need for interpreter services, social isolation and transportation.
10/18/2024
Nearly a third of the total denials, 31%, were due to the documentation not supporting a prognosis that the patient had six months to live.
10/17/2024
The owner of a Pennsylvania home health care agency has pleaded guilty to charges related to more than $1 million in fraudulent Medicaid claims, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
10/16/2024
When patients respond in their preferred language with the use of an interpreter for A1250 (Transportation), this is considered a patient response, CMS clarified in the October quarterly OASIS Q&As — released Oct. 16.
10/16/2024
When patients respond in their preferred language with the use of an interpreter for A1250 (Transportation), this is considered a patient response, CMS clarified in the October quarterly OASIS Q&As — released Oct. 16.
10/14/2024
This includes allowing physical therapists and speech language pathologists to perform the initial and comprehensive assessment for all patients receiving therapy services, regardless of whether skilled nursing was ordered.

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