Home Health Line
10/01/2020
Hospices have been preparing for the modifications to the hospice election statement requirements, effective Oct. 1, and finalized in the 2021 hospice payment rule.
10/01/2020
CMS recently updated the HCPCS codes that home health agencies may bill for the cost of in addition to the administration of the medication for certain injectable osteoporosis drugs.
10/01/2020
A new proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) would make it easier for employers to justify classifying certain workers as independent contractors, but misclassifying workers would still be a costly mistake.
10/01/2020
Agencies remain hopeful that they will receive some of the 150M rapid, point of care (POC) COVID-19 tests created by Abbott BinaxNOW in Abbott Park, Ill.
10/01/2020
Patient inducements, whether direct or as part of a rewards program can run afoul of the Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) law and federal and state anti-kickback statutes (AKS).
10/01/2020
This table shows the average home health payments for 2.6M, 30-day payment periods from January through April 2020.
09/25/2020
09/24/2020
The global pandemic has revealed the potential for home health growth as the benefits of these at-home services and the technological advantages they allow receive new attention.
09/24/2020
Data from a recent study of Medicare home health cost reports supports the case that agencies didn’t make the behavioral adjustments that CMS predicted prior to PDGM.
09/24/2020
Auditors may be on the lookout for the timing of when plans of care are signed by a physician. Agencies should take note.

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