Home Health Line Breaking News
05/12/2019
CMS is holding a special open door forum (ODF) from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST May 14 to provide education about “a new initiative underway to develop a Medicare Fee for Service (FFS) Documentation Requirement Lookup Service prototype.”
05/11/2019
CMS in its latest quarterly OASIS Q&As provided agencies with details about how to code a specific wound scenario.
05/11/2019
While the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) is slated to launch in Illinois on June 1, providers must make their choice selection by May 16.
05/06/2019
Zahir Shah, 49, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, was sentenced April 22 and ordered to pay full restitution — $8,229,790.28 — for the amount his home health agencies received from Medicare between 2007 and 2017, according to a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) release.
05/05/2019
In newly posted frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD), CMS provides details about what financial impact beneficiaries will face if an agency provides care but never receives provisional affirmation.
05/04/2019
During a recent webinar through RACmonitor.com, the director of information management and systems for the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) provided an update on the Electronic Case Adjudication and Processing Environment (ECAPE).
04/28/2019
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will hold a meeting May 14 to discuss issues involving whistleblower protection.
04/27/2019
Under the PPS, if an agency provides four visits or fewer to a patient, it will result in a LUPA.
04/26/2019
CMS has posted two job aids to help agencies ensure they’re submitting all the information necessary for pre-claim reviews during the review choice demonstration.
04/23/2019
by: DecisionHealth
Coders will have new ICD-10-CM codes to report pressure-induced deep tissue damage, acute versus chronic embolism and thrombosis and fractures of the facial bones around the eye, among other changes.

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