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08/25/2014
StrategicHealthSoluitions recently mailed the following letter to a home health agency when issuing denials due to face-to-face documentation issues.
07/01/2014
CMS released its Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) for calendar year 2015 on July 1. 
06/25/2014
View the average number of clinical case-mix points captured by agencies on OASIS items in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
06/19/2014
This document lists changes CMS has made to the OAISS-C1 to create its’ OASIS-C1/ICD-9 version and states the reasons for changing coding items to allow for ICD-9 codes.
 
06/19/2014
This document contains CMS’ draft OASIS-C1/ICD-9 version item set, which becomes effective Jan. 1, 2015. It is similar to OASIS-C1, except that it reverts to OASIS-C items that can accommodate ICD-9 codes. This interim version is expected to be in use until Oct. 1, 2015, when ICD-10 is supposed to go into effect along with the OASIS-C1 version that allows for ICD-10 codes.
 
 
06/11/2014
The following is an example of a “good call” Simione Healthcare Consultants had with a home health agency’s intake department when it conducted a mystery call on behalf of the agency.
 
 
06/06/2014
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) filed a federal lawsuit June 5 as part of its efforts to combat face-to-face regulations.
 
05/22/2014
by: CMS
CMS’ Division of Chronic and Post Acute Care (DCPAC) recently released a announcement about CMS’ plans for OASIS-C1. The statement also discusses submission via the Assessment Submission and Processing (ASAP) system.
 
 
 
05/19/2014
by: Palmetto GBA
Use this checklist to teach physicians or your employees about face-to-face encounter requirements or to evaluate the quality of face-to-face documentation.
 
05/13/2014
by: NGS
When reviewing face-to-face forms, agencies should consider these examples Medicare administrative contractor NGS provided during a recent webinar.
 
 

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