Home Health Line Breaking News
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
12/03/2019
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommends giving CMS the authority to "enforce remedies" for hospices that fail to meet federal health and safety requirements, according to a November report.
11/26/2019
CMS has released final OASIS-D1 data submission specifications ahead of Jan. 1, 2020 implementation.
11/25/2019
Agencies will soon be required to submit all claims using new Medicare beneficiary identifiers (MBIs), but agencies should be prepared for times when those MBIs change.
11/22/2019
Through its measure management initiative, CMS is reducing the number of measures reported to home health agencies with the on-demand tally reports.
11/21/2019
CMS will begin using a multi-factor authentication process for those who use their Provider Enrollment Systems.
11/21/2019
CMS has corrected an issue that was impacting HIPAA Eligibility Transaction System (HETS) Medicare secondary payer data.

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