Home Health Line Breaking News
04/13/2020
Now occupational therapists from home health agencies can perform initial assessments on certain homebound patients. This allows home health services to begin and lets home health nurses do more direct patient care.
04/13/2020
FY2021 payment rates and the wage index will be updated for hospices who serve Medicare beneficiaries as part of the proposed hospice payment rule, posted on the Federal Register April 10.
04/06/2020
CGS (A Celerian Group Company) is hosting a webinar Wednesday, April 15 from 1 to 2 p.m. on how PDGM is going for agencies, and they want to hear from you.
04/06/2020
In order for a patient to receive the Medicare hospice benefit, the patient must be certified as terminally ill, according to a cgsmedicare webpage.
04/06/2020
Palmetto GBA is now offering eRCD, a feature located on the provider dashboard in eServices, which allows for monitoring of Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) results.
04/01/2020
CMS issued an interim final rule on March 30 that provides some clarification for agencies dealing with the public health emergency.
03/30/2020
With COVID-19 being declared a national emergency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) can waive some requirements in Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP with Section 1135 authority, according to a CMS news release.
03/30/2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its financial effect, CMS has implemented an accelerated and advance payment request and approval.
03/25/2020
Providers and payers now have revised tabular and index information for new ICD-10-CM code U07.1 (COVID-19) issued today by the panel that maintains the diagnosis code set in the U.S.
03/24/2020
CMS has revised COVID-19 guidance for nursing homes that includes an exception for hospices workers.

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