Home Health Line Breaking News
08/24/2020
A recently released bulletin provides state agencies and other interested stakeholders with information about available federal resources that may help patients in rural areas remain in their homes.
08/24/2020
CMS recently posted a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Home Health PPS Grouper Software.
08/13/2020
CMS has announced a policy allowing issuers to offer temporary premium reductions for those with 2020 coverage in the individual and small group markets.
08/13/2020
CMS has released change request 11855, on July 31, 2020, to implement the calendar year 2021 home health Request for Anticipated Payment (RAP) payment policies.
08/13/2020
CMS has released change request 11746, on August 7, 2020, to create a new media preference indicator custom format and new eMedicare correspondence preference indicator.
08/07/2020
The deadline for use of the renewed Advanced Beneficiary Notice (ABN), Form CMS-R-131 (exp. 6/30/2023) will be extended due to COVID-19.
08/07/2020
There was an error on the home health agency provider preview reports and the quality of patient care star rating preview reports that were posted on June 25, 2020.
08/06/2020
At-home COVID-19 testing may be made available in order to allow for a greater numbers of people to be tested in less time.
08/03/2020
CMS released preliminary Medicare COVID-19 snapshot data that focus on Medicare claims. The data show an elevated risk for seniors with underlying health conditions.
08/03/2020
 PEPPERs for the fourth quarter of calendar year 2019 will be delivered to home health agencies on August 12, 2020.

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