Home Health Line Breaking News
06/09/2025
Effective Oct. 1, coders will now have a way to capture Type 2 diabetes mellitus in remission with new code E11.A (Type 2 diabetes mellitus in remission), finalized as part of the FY2026 ICD-10 code update — released June 9.
06/09/2025
Effective Oct. 1, coders will now have a way to capture Type 2 diabetes mellitus in remission with new code E11.A (Type 2 diabetes mellitus in remission), finalized as part of the FY2026 ICD-10 code update — released June 9.
06/03/2025
Make sure you are putting your final processes in place for OASIS collection, regardless of the payor.
06/02/2025
Some of the industry’s leading advocates in Washington are asking CMS to delay its implementation of the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool.  
05/28/2025
CMS will begin auditing all eligible MA contracts for each payment year effective immediately, and it will devote resources to expedite the completion of audits for payments from 2018 through 2024.
05/23/2025
The misapplication of a change request effective April 1, 2025, has caused some home health claims to be returned to the provider in error. This has been a particular issue when dementia is listed as the primary diagnosis.
05/21/2025
Hospice providers can now access updated Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) data on Care Compare. 
05/21/2025
Twenty-four states are at a critical or high risk of experiencing an unpaid family caregiving emergency, according to a study published by the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health on May 20. 
05/20/2025
Experts stress that agencies should have a point person responsible for receiving and responding timely to additional documentation requests.
05/20/2025
The guidance states that a community provider can perform the face-to-face encounter, even if they are not the certifying provider.

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