Home Health Line Breaking News
07/03/2012

There might be a problem with duplicate Medicare payments for hospice patients’ drugs – but no one is really sure.

That’s the result of a new OIG report published July 3.

06/29/2012

CMS has announced that the next update of patient satisfaction scores on Home Health Compare is scheduled for July 19.

Your preview reports are available effective immediately.

06/28/2012

(Last updated at 4:11pm on June 29) In a surprise decision, the Supreme Court has upheld  the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in a 5-4 decision.

For home health agencies, this means that burdensome provisions of the law, such as the face-to-face encounter requirement and the rebasing of home health rates starting in 2014, will stand.

06/25/2012

Here is a list of things to think about as the Supreme Court ruling on health care reform approaches. Anything you want to know about that we didn't mention? Let me know at tirgang@decisionhealth.com.

06/25/2012

Leading healthcare attorney Robert Markette analyzed the impact of the Supreme Court ruling on home health agencies and answered your questions about the ruling and what he expects to happen next.

06/22/2012

Careful what you put in M2030 (Management of injectable meds) on the OASIS - Medicare's Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) contractor reduced payment to several agencies after finding they had completed this item incorrectly.

06/19/2012

It's no longer just a home health copay: In its June report to Congress, MedPAC suggests a redesign for Medicare that would increase beneficiary cost-sharing for services.

06/18/2012

Some home health agency owners are in a sweat these days. The reason? Recent notice from their Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) that their 2010 cost report is being audited to provide accurate cost data for rebasing.

06/18/2012

A high-ranking HHS official caused quite a stir when he announced his resignation on Friday.

06/15/2012

In the second round of these awards, CMS dishes out hundreds of millions in grants --but claims they'll save $1.9 billion in health care costs.

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