Home Health Line Breaking News
02/19/2024
The FY 2025 Hospice Wage Index, Payment Rate Update and Quality Reporting Requirements Proposed Rule is under review at the Office of Management & Budget.
02/15/2024
The rule is aimed at strengthening CMS requirements of AOs, reducing conflicts of interest and increasing transparency.
02/14/2024
A staffing firm providing nurses for health care providers has been fined $140,976 for allegedly misclassifying 41 registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified nursing assistants as independent contractors, according to the Department of Labor.
02/13/2024
On January 31, CMS published a Correction Notice in the Federal Register for the CY 2024 Home Health PPS Rate Update Final Rule to correct typographical and technical errors from sections about the quality reporting program, a table regarding proposed measures for the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model and in the discussion about the Hospice Informal Dispute Resolution and Special Focus Program.
02/08/2024
Hospice medical directors and administrators are always considered managing employees for Medicare provider enrollment purposes.
02/07/2024
After noting that there has been an increase in the number of Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) reviews that receive No Documentation errors, CGS is offering some tips for providers to avoid this error.
02/05/2024
With more specific codes available for Parkinson’s and COPD, one Medicare Administrative Contractor is shifting the codes it’s using for Targeted Probe & Educate (TPE) reviews.
02/02/2024
Employers in home health care services added an estimated 15,100 jobs in January, part of a surprising spike in hiring across many sectors.
02/01/2024
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, the two Florida residents conspired with others to submit false bills to Medicare for three home health companies located in Michigan.
01/30/2024
CMS has announced a temporary pause in distributing the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) and Comparative Billing Report (CBR) through the fall of 2024.

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