Home Health Line Breaking News
01/30/2024
Patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 climbed from 84% in the previous 12 months to 85% in the latest report.
01/29/2024
The settlement agreement resolves allegations that a California agency employed an office manager who was excluded from participating in federal health care programs.
01/22/2024
The CDC posted updated FY2024 ICD-10-CM guidelines on Monday, Jan. 22, which included a sequencing update for sepsis due to postprocedural infection.
01/18/2024
Across home health, hospice and home care, there were 25 transactions, in line with pre-pandemic norms of 25-30 deals per quarter.
01/17/2024
A supplemental medical review of home health claims found nearly three out of every four reviewed claims, or 72%, were denied due to errors.
01/17/2024
The reason is due to the values loaded into the iQIES system not populating in the FISS for certain claims.
01/16/2024
CMS stresses that changes planned in 2025, with the introduction of the OASIS-E1 instrument, do not apply to 2024 OASIS assessments.
01/16/2024
An AV fistula — whether it is being accessed or not — does not meet the definition of IV Access for O0110O1 (Special Treatments, Procedures and Programs; Other - IV Access), CMS clarified in response to a question in the January 2024 quarterly OASIS Q&As. 
01/10/2024
The CDC recently released tabular addenda changes to the ICD-10 code set, effective April 1.  
01/10/2024
The woman reportedly impersonated a nurse and performed work at home health companies and multiple hospitals.

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