Home Health Line Breaking News
07/01/2021
Five home health measures will be removed from Care Compare in late July 2021.
06/30/2021
CMS has extended the phased-in participation under the Review Choice Demonstration for Home Health Agencies in Florida and North Carolina through July.
06/28/2021
CMS has announced a national expansion of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model beginning Jan. 1, 2022. It’s one of several changes introduced in the CY 2022 Home Health Prospective Payment System proposed rule, released Monday, June 28, 2021.
06/24/2021
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has suggested a hospice provider in Fairfield, Calif., repay $3.3 million to Medicare after its latest audit.
06/24/2021
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has a variety of tools to assist providers, including a worksite checklist.
06/24/2021
“While there may be circumstances under which the hospice would be responsible for coverage of the COVID-19 test it would be determined by the hospice on a case-by-case basis in accordance with identified hospice care needs,” CGS says.
06/24/2021
Despite being absent from the codes listed in the proposed code update, U09.9 (Post COVID-19 condition, unspecified) was included as part of the 159 new codes finalized to be added to the ICD-10 code set on Oct. 1.
06/21/2021
A western Massachusetts home health agency will pay more than $85,000, including $77,000 in restitution to 79 employees, to settles allegations that the company failed to pay workers for travel time.
06/20/2021
The new federal holiday on Friday, June 18, will impact some Medicare payment processing, according to an alert from Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA.
06/18/2021
The U.S. Department of Labor announced funding opportunities for more than $21 million in Occupational Safety and Health Administration training grants for nonprofit organizations, according to a news release.

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