Home Health Line
04/02/2071
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was declared a national emergency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is implementing a new diagnosis code U07.1 (COVID-19) into the ICD-10-CM code set.
04/02/2071
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was declared a national emergency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is implementing a new diagnosis code U07.1 (COVID-19) into the ICD-10-CM code set.
05/02/2024
Agencies nationwide will want to closely monitor CMS for updates to the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) as it appears set to expire on May 31, but could be extended in the current six states or expanded to more.
05/02/2024
Review your policies around noncompete clauses, as well as your employee salaries, but don’t act — yet — as two new federal rules targeting these topics will certainly face challenges in court, according to experts.
05/02/2024
Hospice providers have a little more time to make sure that physicians certifying hospice services have either enrolled in Medicare or proactively opted out, as CMS has delayed this new requirement until June 3.
05/02/2024
As increasing documentation challenges create more barriers to productivity, shiny new AI and machine-learning tools are emerging — promising to improve efficiencies and clear any productivity roadblocks caused by documentation or lack thereof.
05/02/2024
Value-based care is a key part of most industry buyers’ strategies, according to a new survey — and buyers are looking for agencies that can demonstrate their value beyond Home Health Value-Based Purchasing.
05/02/2024
HHS is rolling out several new initiatives through the Administration for Community Living’s DCW Strategies Center that are designed to help organizations better meet the demand for Home and Community-Based Services.
05/02/2024
Poor clinician assessment documentation narrowly took the top spot among documentation issues that have had the biggest negative impact on coder productivity.
04/29/2024
Agencies will want to update their cost report forms to account for one new field and one field that has been removed.
CMS released the updated form on April 29, 2024.

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