Home Health Line Breaking News
11/01/2021
Researchers looked at more than 87,000 patient records and found patients who preferred a language other than English had a higher hospital readmission rate (20.4%) than English-speaking patients (18.5%).
11/01/2021
CMS is alerting providers to a change in billing for some COVID-19 vaccines.
10/28/2021
CMS is stressing the role a health care provider’s recommendation will play in getting hesitant patients to get their flu shot.
10/26/2021
This training is intended for home health and other post-acute providers. It is designed to be used on demand anywhere you can access a browser.
10/25/2021
CMS will now pay for the administration of booster shots for all three of the COVID-19 vaccines after FDA and CDC approval for Moderna and J&J vaccines last week, including an additional payment for administering the vaccine in the patient’s home.
10/22/2021
A new transmittal to MACs issued Oct. 21, 2021, notes the manual updates for clarification on the election statement addendum requirements.
10/19/2021
CMS provided clarification around occupational therapists (OTs) completing the Start of Care (SOC) OASIS for rehab cases in the October OASIS quarterly Q&As — released Oct. 19.
10/19/2021
by: A.J. Plunkett
The order is effective through January 16, 2022, unless it is rescinded earlier.
10/15/2021
Due to a number of inquiries about HIPPS code requirements, Medicare Administrative Contractor CGS is reminding providers of a change under PDGM that has impacted no-pay RAPS and final claims in 2021.
10/14/2021
A new study by PHI National and the University of California San Francisco found that “an immeasurably small number” of displaced workers during the second quarter of 2020 were re-employed into direct care.

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