Home Health Line Breaking News
06/23/2016
A massive nationwide fraud takedown — much of which centered on home health — gas resulted in charges against 301 people for about $900 million in false billing.
06/21/2016
Medicare’s attempts to reduce the massive backlog of appeals aren’t working, a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) indicates.
06/10/2016
CMS is holding an open door forum 2 p.m. EST June 14 to discuss its pre-claim review demonstration.
06/07/2016
CMS is accepting nominations for a Technical Expert Panel (TEP) to refine a cross-setting quality measure involving the percentage of residents/patients with "new or worsened pressure ulcers" in post-acute care facilities.
06/07/2016
CMS is accepting nominations for a Technical Expert Panel (TEP) to refine a cross-setting quality measure involving the percentage of residents/patients with "new or worsened pressure ulcers" in post-acute care facilities.
05/18/2016
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a final rule that significantly raises the minimum salary requirements for overtime exemptions for professional and executive personnel.
 
05/17/2016
The CAHPS Hospice Survey is now available in Vietnamese. The survey already has been available to mail out in English, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Russian and Portuguese.
05/06/2016
A May 4 post on Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Palmetto GBA’s website indicates that an issue involving overpayments for certain hospice claims now won’t be resolved until January 2017, rather than in July 2016.
04/22/2016
Medicare’s hospice payments, adjusted for inflation and other factors, would rise an estimated 2% in 2017, according to the proposed hospice payment rule posted April 21.
04/22/2016
Unlike with the 5-star HHCAHPS ratings, the 5-star quality of care ratings released April 20 proved to be relatively stable.

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