Home Health Line
07/08/2013
Agencies could see two new claims-based measures added to Home Health Compare in 2015.
 
07/08/2013
The HHL team has compiled this quick-reference tool to help you evaluate the major provisions of CMS’ proposed rule. The following changes would take effect in 2014 if the rule is finalized as proposed.
07/08/2013
Agencies in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington would see a 0.5% payment cut in 2014, the best deal under CMS’ proposed policies.
 
07/08/2013
CMS proposes to revise the per-visit rates by a market basket update of 2.4%.
07/01/2013
Agencies are bracing themselves for a new wave of face-to-face denials now that two Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) have announced the first in-depth reviews of encounter documentation. But you may be able to recoup lost dollars by making a convincing case for a patient’s skilled need during an appeal.
 
 
07/01/2013
Most home health agencies are severely under-budgeting for how the ICD-10 transition will impact them – or aren’t budgeting yet at all.
 
 
07/01/2013
CMS has published its first draft of the OASIS-C1 form, a revision of the patient assessment instrument designed to accommodate ICD-10 codes.
 
 
07/01/2013
Some Pennsylvania agencies have received word from referring hospitals that their marketers no longer will be welcome for meetings with discharge planners unless they satisfy the hospital’s vendor credentialing requirements.
 
 
07/01/2013
New CMS guidance on Medicare coverage for patients with little or no improvement potential is expected later this year, but many agencies are even now getting ready to provide services to such patients, including skilled management and evaluation (M&E).
 
 
07/01/2013
Home health quality measures for readmissions soon could line up more closely with those used by hospitals.
 
 

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