Home Health Line
04/25/2016
Prepare for more patients and their families to ask for copies of their medical records. HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently issued guidance reminding consumers they’re entitled to the documentation.
04/25/2016
Agencies nationwide have achieved an increase of 1% in dyspnea in the latest Home Health Compare update, CMS’ April 20 release of data show.
04/25/2016
by: CMS
View the top 10 hospice diagnoses in 2015.
04/22/2016
Unlike with the 5-star HHCAHPS ratings, the 5-star quality of care ratings released April 20 proved to be relatively stable.
04/18/2016
A new change request will revise the Home Health Pricer, correcting an error that began Jan. 1. The error has led to incorrect payments on claims when 20 or more therapy visits were provided.
04/18/2016
You soon may have a way to capture the use of oral hypoglycemic medications on home health claims, thanks to the coming addition of the code Z79.84 (Long term (current) use of oral hypoglycemic drugs).
04/18/2016
After your agency learns the results of the five claims selected for CMS’ home health “probe and educate” review, it should take the time to participate in a one-on-one phone call with its Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) to discuss the review’s findings.
04/18/2016
Responses to a recent HHL survey suggest many agencies will be in for an unpleasant surprise when they see the consequences of failing to invest in keeping their coders up to speed on ICD-10 refinements.
04/18/2016
You’ll have another way to capture a patient’s diabetes, peripheral arterial disease (PAD) or peripheral vascular disease (PVD) once OASIS-C2 is implemented — if the current draft becomes final.
04/18/2016
Creating a single prospective payment system for reimbursing home health agencies and other post-acute providers could prove  a contentious undertaking, based on comments about the project so far from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and provider associations, including the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC).

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