Home Health Line
10/07/2020
With COVID-19 a focus of so much patient concern, you should take special care to reassure them when one of your clinicians comes down with it.
10/07/2020
A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) looking at the 2018-19 flu season found 81.1% of 2,386 health care personnel surveyed were vaccinated. The rate was highest in workplace settings where vaccination was required.
10/01/2020
New rules for health care exemptions under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) put more responsibility on agencies to define employee roles a key determination in who qualifies for leave under the Department of Labor’s (DOL) rule.
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

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