Home Health Line Breaking News
09/19/2018
by: Post-Acute Advisor
In a letter to manufacturers, health care professionals and purchasers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned of possible misconnections with enteral devices. The letter states that since 2011, 2 deaths, 24 serious injuries, and 32 device malfunctions related to these misconnections have occurred.
09/18/2018
CMS has posted the latest Home Health Agency Public Use File (PUF), with data from 2016.
09/17/2018
CMS this month will detail for hospices the progress it’s making on its planned Hospice Evaluation and Assessment Reporting Tool (HEART).
09/17/2018
CMS will host a two-day, in-person training in Baltimore to help home health providers prepare for OASIS-D, the Medicare agency has announced.
09/17/2018
CMS is proposing to eliminate three “burdensome” requirements for home health agencies.
09/12/2018
Agencies looking to have a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) reconsider the decision to reduce the agency’s annual payment update over noncompliance with the home health quality reporting program (HHQRP) now have only one option: to submit the request letter electronically.
09/11/2018
The guidance for Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) includes an overview of the program, provider selection, one-on-one provider education, post-probe activity and referrals.
09/07/2018
Hospice patient admissions increased 3.9%, while home health patient admissions went up by 1.8%. according to Excel Health Q1 2018 post-acute care utilization and performance data released Aug. 28.
09/04/2018
The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has announced the formation of a 10th area where regional Medicare Fraud Strike Force Teams will operate: New Jersey/Philadelphia. The team will focus on health care fraud and illegal opioid prescriptions, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
09/04/2018
CMS on Aug. 31 posted the final interpretive guidelines for the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs).

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