Home Health Line Breaking News
02/12/2021
CMS has created a fact sheet to show hospice providers how to create an effective plan of care. The agency notes an Office of Inspector General (OIG) report in 2019 found most hospices have at least one deficiency when it comes to their quality of care.
02/05/2021
CMS has released information on Medicare billing for COVID-19 vaccine shot administration.
02/05/2021
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is currently working on reviews of how home health agencies have responded to the pandemic. 
02/04/2021
Many health care providers are not completing surveys from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
02/04/2021
CMS has released the January 2021 quarterly OASIS Q&As.
02/01/2021
CMS is moving ahead with the development of a new quality measure for hospice providers. 
01/29/2021
The advanced search function of the Medicare coverage database (MCD) application will be removed April 30th, as announced in a release from CMS.
01/29/2021
An Atlanta-based home health agency will pay $160,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit, according to an announcement last week from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
01/27/2021
CMS is alerting providers of a third RAP system error this month. This one could erroneously lead to payment penalties for agencies that submited two RAPs simultaneously for two 30-day payment periods.  
01/25/2021
The Biden administration has named Liz Richter the acting administrator for CMS. Richter has served since 1990 and most recently served as deputy director of the Center for Medicare, according to CMS.

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