Home Health Line
07/14/2016
About 600 home health agencies in the nine states nationwide participating in value-based purchasing have still not taken steps to gain access to the home health value-based purchasing secure portal.
07/06/2016
Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) plan to provide agencies with a checklist to use when submitting documentation for the upcoming pre-claim review demonstration affecting five states.
06/30/2016
No specific form will be created for CMS’ new pre-claim review demonstration. Instead, Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) may develop checklists as a guide agencies can choose to use when providing pre-claim review requests. 
06/24/2016
Read the defendan'ts response in the Jimmo case.
06/24/2016
Read the Center for Medicare Advocacy's reply to the Secretary's response in opposition.
06/23/2016
by: OIG
Read a June 22 brief on home health fraud and abuse.
06/07/2016
by: VNAA
Read the VNAA's comments on OASIS-C2.
04/27/2016
by: OIG
Read the OIG settlement agreement involving Lahey Health System
04/25/2016
by: CMS
View the top 10 hospice diagnoses in 2015.
04/22/2016
Unlike with the 5-star HHCAHPS ratings, the 5-star quality of care ratings released April 20 proved to be relatively stable.

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