Home Health Line Breaking News
09/30/2013
Seventy-five members of Congress have signed a letter urging CMS to modify the face-to-face requirement for home health care, asking that the requirement be met through the completion and collection of the separate 485 (plan of care) form.
 
09/24/2013

Researchers from the United Kingdom are one step closer to producing a vaccine that would protect against all strains of seasonal flu and limit future pandemics.

09/23/2013

The number of older adults who’ll need long-term care will triple between 2010 and 2050, mainly due to dementia, according to a leading Alzheimer's organization.

09/09/2013
With the midnight, Sept. 30, deadline approaching and no deal to prevent a government shutdown in sight, one thing providers needn’t fear is a cutoff in Medicare payments, HHS makes clear in its contingency staffing plan.
 
04/22/2013
CMS will expand its recovery auditor (RAC) program in 2014, adding a fifth RAC that will have jurisdiction nationwide, though only over home health, hospice and DME audit targets.
 
Meanwhile, the four existing RACs, which have limited jurisdiction by state, will focus exclusively on Medicare Part A and Part B audits.
 
04/18/2013
The ambulation outcome measure inched up by one percentage point to 59% in CMS’ April 18 update of the Home Health Compare website.
 
Otherwise, changes in this latest update were confined to the process measures.
 
04/16/2013
This story was updated at 11:55 am on April 17.
 
CMS will lift its hold on home health final claims on April 17. The hold had been caused by an issue with the latest system update.
 
 
04/12/2013
Some 40% of agencies billing to Palmetto would have seen at least one denial in January or February if the edit for attending physician enrollment in PECOS had been active.
 
Palmetto’s analysis, published April 10, comes on the heel of a similar one by CGS.
 
04/10/2013
The Obama administration’s budget proposal for 2014 includes a $100 copay for certain episodes and market basket reductions of 1.1 percentage points over several years.
 
The copay would be implemented starting in 2017.
 
04/08/2013
Recovery auditor Connolly will conduct automated reviews to detect invalid HIPPS or treatment authorization codes.
 
Both issues were approved by CMS April 1, according to the contractor’s website.
 

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