Home Health Line
02/11/2021
COVID-19 has devastated many home health agencies across the U.S., and Basin Health Companies, a home health agency in New Mexico serving the Navajo Nation, was no exception.
02/11/2021
Key findings from a recent report comparing Medicare Advantage to traditional Fee-For-Service found that MA patients had better clinical and financial outcomes than traditional Medicare patients.
02/11/2021
Nearly two-thirds of all agencies that responded to the HHL trends survey said that they were planning on administering the COVID-19 vaccine to staff when it became available.
02/04/2021
CMS is planning to bring its Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model to more states as soon as January 2022, meaning agencies should put fresh focus on outcomes and staff training for patient assessments, according to agency leaders with years of experience with HHVBP.
02/04/2021
Employers are getting a look at a bill that would set a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage by 2025. The bill, which is in line with President Joe Biden’s call for an increase in the federal minimum, which has stood at $7.25 since 2009, is likely to spur calls for relief from certain employers, according to attorneys who work with businesses on employment law matters.
02/04/2021
Review these 10 specific diagnosis codes that when used as the primary diagnosis on claims with two to six visits could potentially raise a flag for a possible post-payment medical review in the form of an additional documentation request.
02/04/2021
Hospices have reported struggling with obtaining from patients or their representatives the election statement addendums, a new requirement that took effect in January as a condition of payment.
02/04/2021
President Joe Biden has switched the leadership of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from Republicans to Democrats, but the GOP still holds a majority of the commission’s five seats, meaning immediate major policy changes may not be quick in coming.
02/04/2021
The 2019 payment adjustments and latest outcome scores for HHVBP agencies as CMS looks to expand model to other states.
01/28/2021
Expert answers questions about RAP changes and tips for timely submissions
 
Answers to these questions were provided by Melinda Gaboury, CEO of Healthcare Provider Solutions Inc. in Nashville, Tenn.

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