Home Health Line Breaking News
11/01/2017
Agencies can breathe a deep sigh of relief. CMS won’t launch its drastically revised home health payment model after all.
10/30/2017
CMS on Oct. 27 provided the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) a draft version of its interpretive guidelines for the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
10/27/2017
CMS on Oct. 27 provided the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) a draft version of its interpretive guidelines for the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
10/25/2017
The latest update of Home Health Compare data was released October 24, but only includes new data for HHCAHPS and claims data.
10/25/2017
Home Health Compare’s refresh this quarter produced a slightly different number of 5-star agencies from the prior quarter.
10/24/2017
CMS’ targeted probe-and-educate reviews for home health will consist of three rounds if agencies ensnared in it have a “high payment error rate above 15%,” Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) NGS explained during an Oct. 24 webinar.
10/19/2017
The odds of the home health industry avoiding the Home Health Groupings Model in 2019 have worsened, an industry expert says.
10/19/2017
Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) has applied for continued CMS approval of its home health agency accreditation program.
10/12/2017
Home health agencies will now have their claims returned when Medicare systems fail to match those claims with a corresponding OASIS assessment.
10/10/2017
A bill introduced Oct. 6 in the U.S. House of Representatives would delay implementation of the Home Health Groupings Model (HHGM) by one year.

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