Home Health Line Breaking News
06/02/2021
Caretenders of Jacksonville, Fla., agreed that one claim was paid in error among the 100 claims that OIG had reviewed, but disagreed with OIG’s statement that 38 other claims were improperly billed.
05/28/2021
A Burbank, Calif., home health agency owner is accused of misappropriating nearly $230,000 in federal assistance granted to businesses during the pandemic.
05/28/2021
CMS is encouraging agencies to make sure they are billing correctly when submitting claims near the LUPA threshold.
05/27/2021
A webinar at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 2, is expected to provide new training for hospice providers on the Hospice Quality Composite Measure.
05/21/2021
A new Kaiser Family Foundation study reports 1 in 4 Medicare beneficiaries had a telehealth visit between the summer and fall of 2020.
05/20/2021
Simione Healthcare Consultants and BlackTree Healthcare Consulting have combined to form SimiTree Healthcare Consulting.
05/20/2021
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice is seeking provider input for a survey on distributing the COVID-19 vaccine to homebound patients.
05/14/2021
CMS has issued guidance to states on how it expects officials to administer new federal spending for home and community-based services. The guidance also suggests how agencies should spend the money if they end up benefiting from this new federal aid.
05/14/2021
CMS and its contractor, Abt Associates, are now recruiting Medicare-certified hospice providers to participate in a beta test of the draft hospice patient assessment instrument.
05/13/2021
CMS has released an interim final rule that sets COVID-19 vaccine requirements for long-term care facilities and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

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