Home Health Line Breaking News
03/19/2021
The Office for Civil Rights announced on March 9 a 45-day extension for the public comment period for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
03/19/2021
Some agencies are facing new payment issues related to the no-pay RAPs that began January 1, 2021.
03/15/2021
“This new and higher payment rate will support important actions taken by providers that are designed to increase the number of vaccines they can furnish each day,” CMS said in a statement.
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.

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