Home Health Line
11/08/2010

CMS will not extend the deadline for the implementation of the Home Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HH-CAHPS) survey, despite industry concerns that the new requirements would

11/08/2010

CMS is not stripping the case-mix status from 401.9 (essential hypertension, unspecified) and 401.1 (benign hypertension) – yet.

11/08/2010

With just two months to prepare for the new face-to-face encounter requirement, agencies should take note of the steps one agency has taken to comply with the new regulations.

11/08/2010

Changes in indirect ownership of a home health agency won’t trigger the 36-month rule, CMS states in its 2011 PPS final rule.

11/08/2010

Mid-term election impact. Two important Election Day 2010 events could be disruptive to the home health industry: a Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and the release of

11/01/2010

Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley, ranking Republican on the Finance Committee, and the HHS Office of Inspector General both have doubts about the usefulness and accuracy of overpayments being pursued by

11/01/2010

As reports of a new resurgence of bed bugs multiply, home health agencies should adopt staff policies to avoid spreading the bugs inadvertently.

11/01/2010

Hospices that have had trouble getting skilled nursing facilities to sign written agreements allowing the hospice to provide care to residents soon could have CMS regulations to back them up.

11/01/2010

Applegate Home Care and Hospice has steered clear of medical necessity denials by adding a “plan-for-next-visit” remark to its visit notes in January 2009.

11/01/2010

Physicians are just over a month away from a 23% cut in Medicare payments, as prescribed by the latest temporary postponement of the defective sustainable growth rate (SGR) payment formula.

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