Home Health Line
04/03/2017
CMS is in the midst of two separate, large-scale payment issues involving the hospice industry — issues that began after CMS restructured the way it pays hospices.
04/03/2017
by: Jennifer Sandel, co-owner of Home Care Services Solutions, Battle Creek, Mich.
Use the following tool to track each step of the OASIS assessment’s submission process and stay within the 30-day deadline.
04/03/2017
With a new requirement that took effect April 1, untimely OASIS submissions could put agencies’ payment at risk for the first time.
04/03/2017
Agencies are hard at work getting performance improvement projects in place in preparation for the upcoming Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) requirement as part of the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
04/03/2017
Don’t miss a key compliance component for Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age and disability by any health care program or activity.
04/03/2017
As your agency works to prepare for the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs), which take effect July 13, it should do the following:
04/03/2017
CMS is delaying for three months the rollout of new cardiac and orthopedic care models, as well as changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model, according to an interim final rule published March 21.
04/03/2017
CMS’ supplemental medical review contractor (SMRC) has begun its first-ever project involving hospices — and this scrutiny could lead to recoupments.
04/03/2017
by: HHL’s Final CoPs Survey
Most agencies are planning to provide more QI training and more quality reviews to prepare for the new QAPI requirement. That’s according to the 323 respondents to a question on HHL’s Final CoPs Survey.

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