Home Health Line Breaking News
12/30/2018
CMS has published updated details on potentially avoidable events, process and outcome measures for 2019. The updated tables also include details on star-ratings measures and quality measures new to Home Health Compare in 2019.
12/29/2018
Medical tech innovations are much in the news these days. While many of these seem like distant, pie-in-the-sky ideas, experts tell DecisionHealth you can expect see some widely used in health care over the next few years.
12/29/2018
Z47.81 (Encounter for orthopedic aftercare following surgical amputation) was the least profitable primary diagnosis in home health through the first three quarters of 2018. The average reimbursement per episode was $3,031, while the average cost per episode was $2,907.
12/24/2018
Hospice CAHPS “Public Report Provider Preview Reports” for the second quarter of 2016 through the first quarter of 2018 will be available from now through Jan. 9, 2019.
12/23/2018
Those interested in signing up for the Feb. 1 HHCAHPS survey vendor training now can sign up at https://homehealthcahps.org/Training/RegistrationForm.aspx.
12/22/2018
CMS recently released a list of measures under consideration for various Medicare programs, including the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HHQRP) and Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP).
12/20/2018
Less than two weeks before a new version of the OASIS is scheduled to take effect, CMS has released a final guidance manual for the revised assessment.
12/18/2018
CMS posted post-training materials — with answers to knowledge checks — for its Nov. 6 and 7 Home Health Quality Reporting Program Provider Training. 
12/17/2018
A federal judge has ruled that the entirety of the Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare is unconstitutional, though he did not order a remedy and an appeal is already being assembled.
12/16/2018
A Missouri man is facing up to five years in prison and/or fines of up to $250,000 for submitting to Medicaid false timesheets for home health aide work.

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