Home Health Line
09/18/2017
by: ABILITY Network
Home health agencies in value-based purchasing states earned scores 1% higher or more in six key measures included on Home Health Compare, according to an ABILITY Network analysis of data from April 2017. This includes a score 4.7% higher on flu vaccine received.
09/11/2017
Get ready to collect as many as 15 new OASIS data elements involving cancer, respiration, IVs and tubes and nutritional approaches starting in 2019 if CMS finalizes a proposed change announced in the 2018 PPS rule.
09/07/2017
According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), most common mistakes on I-9 forms can be avoided by ensuring the following.
09/04/2017
If you’re one of the agencies that had high denial rates in CMS’ probe-and-educate review, brace yourself. Some agencies will have 20 to 40 claims reviewed for face-to-face documentation among other things this fall as part of CMS’ next step in the probe-and-educate process.
09/04/2017
Home health agencies should feel more confident than ever that they will get paid for maintenance therapy services they provide. CMS recently followed a federal judge’s order to launch a webpage full of resources that reinforce maintenance therapy is covered under the Medicare benefit.
09/04/2017
A deeper look at the first full calendar year of ICD-10 code use reveals that several of the most profitable codes in home health in 2016 are often inappropriate codes for agencies to use.
09/04/2017
Experts say there has been an increasing focus on fraud enforcement when it comes home health care involving Medicaid. This makes it even more important to be sure you’re hiring the right staff and double checking that the services you bill for were in fact provided.
09/04/2017
Agencies should consider recent worldwide cybersecurity attacks as they prepare for November’s implementation of new emergency preparedness Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
09/04/2017
by: ABILITY Network
R26.89 (Other abnormalities of gait and mobility) was the most profitable ICD-10 code in 2016. That’s according to an analysis of assessments involving about 900,000 PPS episodes by Minneapolis-based ABILITY Network. The data represent more than 2,000 provider locations nationwide.
09/01/2017
CMS released Q&As in writing on its Home Health Quality Reporting Training website in August, providing official documentation for medication item guidance that was released during its May provider training.

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