Home Health Line
10/19/2015
The latest release of star ratings reveals that there still are few agencies that earned 5 stars, thus motivating agencies dissatisfied with their scores to make operational changes to bump up their status.
10/19/2015
The public can view CMS’ Oct. 8 release of Home Health Compare data, which show agencies nationwide achieved a more than 2% increase in improvement in bed transfer and improvement in bathing quality measures.
10/19/2015
Agencies with any concerns about claims spanning Oct. 1 should reexamine what they’ve done prior to now. If agencies use the wrong code set, their bills will be denied outright.
10/19/2015
A new change request from CMS makes clear that doctors may initial and date amendments and delayed entries into medical documentation. Before doctors only had the option of signing and dating the information, but now they could either sign or initial.
10/19/2015
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ refusal to stay the Oct. 13 effective date of changes in the Labor Department’s companionship rule has greatly decreased the odds that the Court will ever decide against the requirement’s changes needing to occur.
10/19/2015
by: OCS HomeCare by National Research Corporation
Of the 9,118 agencies that had a star rating both in July and in October, slightly more than two-thirds maintained their star rating, data from Seattle-based OCS HomeCare by National Research Corporation show.
10/15/2015
by: Josh Poltilove
With a goal of advancing the delivery of high-quality and cost-effective Medicaid home-based care, a new national coalition of home care providers has formed to give agencies a voice.
10/15/2015
by: OCS HomeCare by National Research Corporation
Among home health agencies to earn stars in October, 62.2% earned 2.5, 3 or 3.5 stars, data from Seattle-based OCS HomeCare by National Research Corporation show.

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