Home Health Line
06/22/2015
he 2015 Home Health Pricer currently uses a table that contains incorrect case-mix weights for all HIPPS codes beginning with 4, CMS says in change request 9198 released. The change request was released June 1. 
06/22/2015
A major hospital initiative CMS announced July 9 involving hip and knee replacement patients will serve as another opportunity for home health agencies to try to bolster relationships with potential referral sources.
 
 
06/15/2015
Assess your intake department’s knowledge level immediately so you’ll know what types of training employees need in advance of ICD-10.
 
06/15/2015
Have clinicians follow up the next day when patients have a change in pain medications or increased pain and your agency will decrease readmissions related to uncontrolled pain.
 
06/15/2015
A new edition of an ONC guide can help you with your basic electronic protected health information (ePHI) HIPAA work — particularly if you’re new to or struggling with compliance.
 
06/15/2015
The Senate Finance Committee has approved a bill aimed at reducing the backlog of nearly 900,000 Medicare claims now awaiting administrative law judge (ALJ) hearings. 
 
06/15/2015
While inconclusive, a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found some evidence that the Pioneer accountable care organization (ACO) model may not be sustainable over the long run. 
 
06/15/2015
About 88% of the claims received during CMS’ second-ever ICD-10 end-to-end testing week were found acceptable by Medicare contractors.
 
06/15/2015
In comments about the 2016 proposed hospice rule, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and others expressed concern about a change in the way hospices would be paid next year and beyond. MedPAC wants add-on payments to be given to hospices providing care in nursing facilities — just like in other locations.
 
06/15/2015
CMS posted the latest version of the Hospice Item Set (HIS) to its website June 2.
 

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