Home Health Line Breaking News
08/13/2018
There’s good news for agencies caught up in the daunting backlog of appeals at the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) level. The backlog has been reduced by more than 30% since 2017.
08/10/2018
CMS has released an errata to its guidance manual for OASIS-D.
08/07/2018
Just 27 home health agencies have maintained a 5-star rating in quality of care during the 13 quarters the star ratings system has existed. The latest ratings were released July 25.
08/06/2018
The following is a list of the 27 home health agencies that have achieved 5-star ratings in quality each quarter from July 2015 through July 2018.
08/02/2018
by: HCPro
A large clinical trial has, for the first time, shown that a drug can reduce both plaques in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease and slow the progression of their dementia.
08/01/2018
The hospice industry will receive $340 million in increased payments in 2019, according to CMS’ final hospice payment rule posted Aug, 1 on the Federal Register. That’s nearly twice the payment increase from 2018.
08/01/2018
CMS has once again extended its moratoria on new home health agencies and new branches of existing home health agencies by six months in six metropolitan areas.
07/30/2018
Coming updates to the guidelines cover a wide range of coding topics, including neoplasms, myocardial infarctions, pulmonary hypertension, post-procedural sepsis, substance use, underdosing and burns, as well as a new section covering the use of external cause codes and Z codes in healthcare encounters following hurricanes.
07/26/2018
CMS has posted slides about recent Standardized Patient Assessment Data Elements (SPADE) activities involving the IMPACT Act. But it canceled the July 25 special open door forum where it had planned to discuss the slides.
07/25/2018
Home Health Compare's latest refresh marks the fourth straight quarter where there was a rise in the number of 5-star agencies in quality of care.

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