Home Health Line
06/19/2017
Starting Oct. 1, 2017, you’ll be able to capture the severity of non-pressure chronic ulcers that have penetrated muscle and bone tissue but haven’t caused necrosis, thanks to the addition of 72 new codes in the L97.- (Non-pressure chronic ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified) and L98.- categories (Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue, not elsewhere classified).
06/19/2017
Due to system errors as a result of the new hospice payment structure, CMS is asking all hospices to take it upon themselves to identify claims in which they were overpaid since January 2016 — and pay the federal Medicare agency back.
06/19/2017
Review emergency preparedness policies and procedures at least annually and make sure they address plans for patients during a natural or man-made disaster. Doing so will help you prepare for new emergency preparedness Conditions of Participation (CoPs) that take effect Nov. 15.
06/19/2017
Commenters on a proposal to delay the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs) say the industry needs more time to prepare and that to ready themselves agencies will need to read interpretive guidance for surveyors, which has not yet been released.
06/19/2017
The Joint Commission calls a recent CMS proposal to require accrediting organizations to post survey results online a threat to patient care that will have a “chilling effect” on the organizations’ efforts to raise standards and ultimately create a “race to the bottom on quality.”
06/19/2017
by: HHL’s Final CoPs Survey
For about half of agencies, QAPI is the most expensive and burdensome change within the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs), according to 332 respondents to a question on HHL’s Final CoPs Survey.

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