Home Health Line Breaking News
06/23/2023
CMS has released its proposed rule to streamline prior authorization in government-sponsored health insurance programs, but a contingent of lawmakers want the agency to go further.
06/20/2023
Growth in home health spending is expected to climb on average 7.4% annually from 2024-2031. That’s compared to a 5.5% average annual increase in health care spending overall.
06/19/2023
CMS is reminding state survey agencies and accrediting organizations to make sure hospitals are meeting regulatory requirements for transfers to home health agencies and other post-acute care providers.
06/16/2023
Prepare for several hundred new ICD-10-CM codes now finalized to take effect Oct. 1. On June 16, CMS announced the additions of 395 new diagnosis codes, 25 deletions to the ICD-10-CM code set and 13 revisions. In addition, there are hundreds of changes to tabular instructions added in the addenda for the FY 2024 code set.
06/14/2023
The agency owes back wages to 1,230 current and former employees.
06/13/2023
Under the new model, multi-disciplinary teams would provide coordinated, palliative care that is available 24-7 for Medicare beneficiaries with serious illnesses or injuries.
06/12/2023
A Florida home health agency, its CEO and two doctors will pay nearly $500,000 collectively to resolve allegations of paying and receiving kickbacks, according to the Department of Justice.
06/08/2023
The Common Working File Host will observe a gray day on Thursday, June 29, 2023, and dark days from Friday, June 30, to Sunday, July 2, according to alerts from NGS and CGS.
06/02/2023
Home health care services added 5,800 jobs in May, bringing the seasonally adjusted total jobs in the sector to just under 1.6 million.
06/01/2023
While CMS states in the rule that it "will not be enforcing the staff vaccination provisions" beginning June 5, at least one accrediting body said it expects agencies to keep the requirement in place until Aug. 4.

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