Home Health Line Breaking News
12/18/2019
For the first time since the early 20th century, research shows the home has surpassed the hospital as the most common place of death in the United States, according to a letter published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
12/18/2019
New measure tables, aligned with the implementation of OASIS-D1 on Jan. 1, are now available to view on CMS’ website.
12/17/2019
Failure to get access by to iQIES by Dec. 23, 2019, will negatively impact agencies' ability to submit required assessment data used for matching claims. If there is no matching assessment, the claim will be returned to provider (RTP), which will delay payment.
12/17/2019
Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) CGS is offering a webinar to educate agencies on the new provider enrollment rebuttal process.
12/17/2019
CMS has released new information about home infusion therapy benefit beginning in 2021.
12/17/2019
Providers in the service area for Medicare Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) Livanta have until Dec. 31, 2019, to sign a required Memorandum of Agreement (MOA).
12/13/2019
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) staff are recommending a 7% cut to the 2020 base payment rate for home health.
12/10/2019
CMS released a document outlining OASIS considerations for Medicare PDGM patients Dec. 4, less than a month before the new payment model is scheduled to take effect.
12/09/2019
A major provider of electronic medical records (EMR) for home health and hospice was recently off line aftera malware attack.
12/09/2019
Health care providers must follow new standards for the safe handling of hazardous drugs effective Dec. 1, 2019

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