Home Health Line Breaking News
03/12/2021
The Joint Commission is returning to its more traditional survey activities – onsite and unannounced, as of March 15.
03/12/2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated infection prevention recommendations in response to growing COVID-19 vaccination rates. The new guidance includes health care personnel in home health care settings.
03/08/2021
CMS is hoping to help educate healthcare workers on the importance of the COVID-19 vaccine with a list of resources in a new message to providers March 5.
03/08/2021
A new video portal on YouTube is offering several educational videos for home health providers. The videos were produced by National Government Services (NGS), a Medicare Administrative Contractor serving agencies in 19 states.
03/04/2021
A new provider audit by the HHS OIG stated that a pattern of case-mix regroupings was the primary reason for the review.
03/03/2021
CMS recently announced a beta test this summer for the latest update of the Home Health Grouper software.
02/26/2021
Home health agencies and other post-acute settings have access to new new web-based training from CMS regarding assessment and coding of drug regiment review standardized patient assessment data elements.
02/26/2021
New MLN guidance on hospital discharge/transfer to home health is geared toward hospital systems, but it is an important reminder to agencies to carefully log admission source.
02/26/2021
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Principal Deputy Inspector General Christi A. Grimm recently released a message regarding telehealth.
02/19/2021
CMS is transitioning to a new data source for a demographic data for all home health agencies and other post-acute providers.

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