Home Health Line Breaking News
10/11/2019
The Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (QIES), used to submit assessment data, is being upgraded to make the system more reliable, scalable, secure and accessible, according to CMS.
10/08/2019
A New Jersey local official has admitted to accepting bribes in exchange for referring patients who needed home health care aides.
10/08/2019
Home health agencies found out of compliance with the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HHQRP) will soon receive notification from CMS. 
10/08/2019
CMS has issued a change request outlining the rebuttal process for providers or suppliers whose Medicare billing has been deactivated.
10/03/2019
The Review Choice Demonstration will begin in Texas on Dec. 2, 2019 — about a month before the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) takes effect.
10/01/2019
Congress is considering legislation that would automate the prior authorization process within Medicare Advantage plans.
10/01/2019
Some hospice period dates have not been calculating correctly through the Common Working File (CWF), according to Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Palmetto GBA.
10/01/2019
Home health agencies now have the opportunity to review the latest provider preview reports and star rating preview reports in CASPER.
09/25/2019
The long-awaited final discharge planning rule, released today, appears to offer some good news for home health agencies. And simultaneously CMS clarifies in a separate rule that pseudo-patients are OK to be used for home health aide competency testing, an issue there has been a lot of questions about.
09/24/2019
A California measure that would require health insurers to equally pay providers for virtual and in-person visits is on its way to implementation if signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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