Home Health Line
01/22/2018
A new CMS memo to state survey agency directors provides details about the tags surveyors should use to survey under the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs), which took effect Jan. 13.
01/22/2018
Beginning Feb. 5, home health agencies and other providers with a low volume of pending appeals at the administrative law judge (ALJ) level will have a new option for resolution while avoiding the judges’ massive backlog of appeals.
01/22/2018
Be careful when identifying third-party vendors to dispose of equipment that may contain patient protected health information (PHI).
01/22/2018
Even at the beginning of care, agencies should start the process of planning for patient discharge. That’s one way to step up performance on the new claims-based measure “Discharge to Community,” which starts impacting payments this year and will be publicly reported on Home Health Compare in 2019.
01/22/2018
During CMS’ Jan. 17 home health, hospice and durable medical equipment (DME) open door forum, CMS announced that more than 1,500 beneficiaries have been enrolled in its Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM).
01/22/2018
If you find inaccurate demographic data on your hospice’s Provider Preview Report or on Hospice Compare, contact your hospice’s Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) for assistance.
01/22/2018
by: SHP, Santa Barbara, Calif.
About 97% of all Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and Medicaid HMO episodes involving live discharges for home health patients over the last year involved the patient being discharged to the community, according to data from Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP).

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