Home Health Line Breaking News
07/09/2020
Coders can get a head start on getting to know the changes to coding rules for diagnosis coding as the FY2021 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines on Coding and Reporting were issued July 8 – weeks ahead of the typical early August release date.
07/06/2020
The next hospice Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) has been scheduled to be released on July 29, 2020.
07/06/2020
Cost report deadlines have been extended for Medicare Administrative Contractors CGS and NGS.
07/06/2020
CMS announced an organizational change to help reduce provider and clinician burden and improve patient outcomes during this time.
06/30/2020
Nearly 500 codes – including the two new U codes for COVID-19 and vaping-related disorders – were finalized to be added to the ICD-10 code set.
06/29/2020
The Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) will be extended by one calendar year, through Dec. 31, 2021.
 
 
06/29/2020
CMS has released preliminary Medicare COVID-19 snapshot data that focus on Medicare claims.
 
06/25/2020
CMS’ 2021 proposed PPS payment rule aims to make recently relaxed telecommunications requirements permanent beyond the public health emergency (PHE).
06/22/2020
A rapid COVID-19 antibody detection kit that can show if a person has been previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, is now available for use in the U.S.
06/22/2020
Chapter 11 of the Medicare Claims Processing Manual (Pub 100-04) has been updated by CMS with the new Transmittal 1073/Change Request (CR) 11807.

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