Home Health Line Breaking News
08/05/2019
With the advancement of technology in the digital era, many providers want more access to electronic referrals.
08/05/2019
The price patients and clients pay for home health care  can vary greatly from state to state or city to city.
 
08/05/2019
CMS released a transmittal updating coverage of intravenous immune globulin for treatment of primary immune deficiency diseases in the home.
07/29/2019
The first course, Introduction to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP), provides an overview of the Hospice Item Set (HIS) and the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS ®) Hospice Survey.
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.

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