Home Health Line Breaking News
07/28/2023
The statutory aggregate cap will increase to $33,494.01, up from $32,486.92 in the current fiscal year.
07/28/2023
The training includes interview strategies and targeted guidance for accurate coding using patient and resident scenarios.
07/25/2023
Results in 2023 will determine your final payment rate in 2025, with the potential to gain or lose up to 5% based on how your agency performs on key metrics when compared with agencies nationwide.
 
07/21/2023
With the five-day requirement to submit NOAs and NOEs, it is important to verify the MBI is valid. Invalid MBIs submitted on NOAs or NOEs may cause them to be late and receive a late submission penalty.
07/19/2023
The bill serves to address the workforce shortage and concerns over necessary training palliative care roles.
07/18/2023
Superseding previous guidance, agencies should not submit a discharge OASIS in the event of a single visit in a quality episode.
07/17/2023
This refresh includes data for the Potentially Preventable Hospitalization (PPH) measure. The OASIS measure “Drug education on all medications provided to patient/caregiver” has been removed from public reporting, according to CMS.
07/14/2023
Virginia home health providers have agreed to settle a pay discrimination lawsuit alleging female post-acute care coordinators were paid less than male coworkers for performing equal work under similar working conditions.
07/13/2023
“Over the last 12 months, we’ve received numerous reports of hospice fraud, waste and abuse,” CMS noted in an announcement. “The number of enrolled hospices also has increased significantly in these states, raising serious concerns bout market oversaturation.”
07/10/2023
The group calls the methodology for rate adjustments under PDGM illogical and invalid and seeks declaratory and injunctive relief, including a reversal of the rate adjustments already made in the 2023 rule.

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