Home Health Line Breaking News
07/29/2019
A new law was passed in California effective July 1 requiring the state Department of Social Services to provide contact information of new or renewing registered home care aides to labor unions.
07/29/2019
About 878 agencies nationwide earned five stars in the ratings system involving HHCAHPS, according to the ratings released in July 2019. That’s a significant decrease from May 2019.
07/29/2019
CMS has just announced when the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) will begin in Ohio. It’s slated to begin Sept. 30, 2019, with the choice selection period running from August 16 through September 15, CMS announced. 
07/23/2019
CMS in its latest quarterly OASIS Q&As provided agencies with additional guidance about how to capture a graft on M1340 (Surgical wound).
07/23/2019
Beginning in 2020 there only will be a few exceptions for when providers will be allowed to use Social Security-based Health Insurance Claim Numbers (HICNs) on claims.
07/15/2019
A significant portion of the 2020 PPS proposed rule deals with potential measures and associated assessment elements that could come to the home health industry in the future.
07/15/2019
A new study published July 1 in the journal Health Affairs found that seniors with dementia who use home care have suffered more severe outcomes stemming from medical emergencies than those in skilled nursing facilities.
07/15/2019
The reports examine issues of deficiencies and abuse in hospice care.
07/11/2019
The 2020 PPS proposed rule, which was posted to the Federal Register July 11, reinforces the plan to implement the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2020.
07/08/2019
A recent study in Health Affairs found that policies that curtail immigration are likely to compromise the availability of care.

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