Home Health Line Breaking News
04/14/2022
A Notice of Admission error involving previous discharges that was thought to be fixed is continuing to cause trouble for home health agencies, according to an alert from Medicare Administrative Contractors NGS and Palmetto GBA.
04/13/2022
The Department of Health and Human Services has extended the Public Health Emergency due to COVID-19 for an additional 90 days.
04/08/2022
The process is intended for providers who were required to report in an applicable reporting period, but extenuating circumstances prevented them from submitting a report by the required deadline.
04/08/2022
CMS is providing more resources for agencies as it prepares for implementation of the national rollout of the HHVBP model beginning in 2023.
04/06/2022
Make sure contracted staff are compliant with CMS’ vaccine requirement and that these contractors can provide proof of vaccination.
04/05/2022
A new change request from CMS updates the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual to reflect two recent changes that have already been implemented: the Notice of Admission and the definition of allowed practitioners.
04/04/2022
Topics for the forum include the FY 2023 Hospice Proposed Rule, OASIS and home health public reporting.
04/01/2022
Update, 4/14/22: Issues continue with U537F reason code.
03/31/2022
For the April 2022 refresh of the Care Compare webpage, CMS will re-publish home health agency services provided data from the January 2022 refresh.
03/30/2022
Hospice providers will have to wait a little longer for the Hospice Outcomes Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool, according to the proposed rule for the FY 2023 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements.

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