Home Health Line Breaking News
11/09/2020
The Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) and Health Recovery Solutions (HRS) has introduced a Distinction in Telehealth program for healthcare organizations, including home health providers.
11/06/2020
U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, recently introduced the Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth (HEAT) Act — a bipartisan bill to provide Medicare reimbursement for telehealth services by home health agencies during the COVID-19 emergency — and future public health emergencies. 
11/03/2020
It has been an election season like none other. Agency leaders that might typically be weighing how the candidates are approaching fee-for-service (FFS) regulations and procedures have arguably had more pressing issues to worry about in 2020.
11/02/2020
One of the top errors for home health agencies is reason code 37253, (no OASIS found).
11/02/2020
New CMS guidance released Oct. 28 on a future COVID-19 vaccine offered new details for providers on distribution, billing and payment.
10/29/2020
CMS’ 2021 final PPS payment rule will increase payments to HHAs by just 1.9%, or $390M. That’s down from $530M, or a 2.7% increase, that was referenced in the proposed payment rule in June.
10/23/2020
Seasonal influenza activity in the United States remains low as we gear up for the 2020 flu season, according to the CDC’s weekly U.S. influenza surveillance report.
10/23/2020
A new survey by CMS of Medicare beneficiaries found 21% reported needing health care for something other than COVID-19 this summer but were not getting it due to the pandemic.
10/23/2020
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice, the American Health Care Association, the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association wrote a letter on October 21, 2020, to congressional leaders, "urging them to extend the congressionally-enacted moratorium on the application of the Medicare sequester cuts into 2021 and through the duration of the public health emergency.”
10/19/2020
With Election Day just two weeks away, employers need to make sure they’re providing time off to vote, if it is required under state or local laws.

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