Home Health Line Breaking News
03/10/2014
Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) must conduct limited end-to-end ICD-10 testing with submitters in July, CMS stated in a recent MLN Matters article. Potential testers must complete the volunteer form on their MAC's website by March 24.
 
 
03/06/2014
President Obama’s proposed fiscal 2015 budget would have a heavy financial impact on home health agencies.
 
02/05/2014
In its 2014 work plan, which was released on Jan. 31, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) said it will begin to review the extent to which hospices serve Medicare beneficiaries who live in assisted living facilities to determine the length of stay, levels of care provided and common terminal illnesses.
01/31/2014
CMS announced a second set of new, temporary moratoria on the home health agency enrollment in four metropolitan areas: Fort Lauderdale, Detroit, Dallas and Houston.
01/29/2014
Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA plans to perform service-specific prepay probe reviews on eight HIPPS codes involving 20 or more therapy visits.
01/23/2014
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s March report to Congress will recommend that hospice payment rates be frozen at current levels in 2015.
01/23/2014
Members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) endorsed staff recommendations that that commission’s March report to Congress include lower Medicare payments to agencies that exceed a set rehospitalization limit for patients they admit.
01/22/2014
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a First Amendment case this week involving home care providers in Chicago who care for disabled adults and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
 
01/17/2014
Medicare contractors is temporarily delaying the release of all home health low utilization payment adjustments ( LUPA) claims with "through" dates on or after January 1, 2014. 
01/17/2014
Last December, the number of home health jobs dropped by 3,700, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Jan. 10.
 

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