Home Health Line
07/18/2018
Further detail on what constitutes an acceptable physician-ordered resumption of care (ROC) is among key guidance found within CMS quarterly OASIS Q&As released July 16.
07/18/2018
The proposed 2019 PPS rule again outlines changes to value-based purchasing, further demonstrating to many industry experts that CMS is striving to perfect the process before rolling it out nationwide.
07/18/2018
Agencies may soon be allowed to list remote patient monitoring on their cost reports as an allowable administrative cost.
07/18/2018
Removal of the companionship services exemption for personal care workers created an added challenge to home care agencies providing live-in care. In response, more agencies eliminated the service entirely as of February 2018 when compared to November 2015.
07/18/2018
The removal of the companionship exemption has driven changes in the home care industry.
07/12/2018
A year after outcry from the home health industry caused CMS to step back from proposed plans to create a new payment model, CMS has once again unveiled detailed plans about how it wants to revamp the way agencies are paid.
07/12/2018
The OASIS-D draft guidance manual released July 3 offers agencies valuable clarifications about how to respond to new items.
07/12/2018
Changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program outlined in the 2019 proposed PPS rule would contribute to big savings for agencies if finalized, CMS contends.
07/12/2018
Seeking to eliminate what it considers an unnecessary burden, CMS plans to remove its requirement that certifying physicians must estimate in home health recertifications how much longer skilled services will be necessary.
07/12/2018
For the first time in at least a decade, the proposed home health payment rule discusses increasing agencies’ payments.

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