Home Health Line Breaking News
01/11/2019
Agencies can now use CASPER to download quality of patient care star rating preview reports for the April 2019 Home Health Compare refresh, according to CMS. 
01/06/2019
Hospice CAHPS survey reports provider preview reports and hospice provider preview reports have been updated and are now available.
01/04/2019
This year, CMS announced strategies to help Medicare Part D sponsors prevent and combat opioid overuse.
01/03/2019
Hospices battling the ongoing nursing shortage have two additional years to use contract nurses due to “extraordinary circumstances,” CMS has announced.
12/30/2018
CMS has published updated details on potentially avoidable events, process and outcome measures for 2019. The updated tables also include details on star-ratings measures and quality measures new to Home Health Compare in 2019.
12/29/2018
Z47.81 (Encounter for orthopedic aftercare following surgical amputation) was the least profitable primary diagnosis in home health through the first three quarters of 2018. The average reimbursement per episode was $3,031, while the average cost per episode was $2,907.
12/29/2018
Medical tech innovations are much in the news these days. While many of these seem like distant, pie-in-the-sky ideas, experts tell DecisionHealth you can expect see some widely used in health care over the next few years.
12/24/2018
Hospice CAHPS “Public Report Provider Preview Reports” for the second quarter of 2016 through the first quarter of 2018 will be available from now through Jan. 9, 2019.
12/23/2018
Those interested in signing up for the Feb. 1 HHCAHPS survey vendor training now can sign up at https://homehealthcahps.org/Training/RegistrationForm.aspx.
12/22/2018
CMS recently released a list of measures under consideration for various Medicare programs, including the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HHQRP) and Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP).

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