Home Health Line Breaking News
02/25/2015
About 81% of claims received during CMS’ first-ever ICD-10 end-to-end testing week were found acceptable by Medicare contractors, CMS announced Feb. 25.
 
 
02/23/2015
Days after some members of a key House subcommittee broached the idea of allowing temporary use of both ICD-9 and ICD-10, CMS said that simply wouldn’t work.
 
 
02/11/2015
The seven health care stakeholders testifying before Congress Feb. 11 about ICD-10 preparedness spoke largely in favor of the new, more specific code set — and said providers will be ready.
 
02/09/2015
In response to industry concerns about the length of the “clinical template” it created to reduce home health claims denials for lack of face-to-face information, CMS posted a reminder on its website Feb. 5 that the five-page form is voluntary.
 
02/09/2015
In response to industry concerns about the length of the “clinical template” it created to reduce home health claims denials for lack of face-to-face information, CMS posted a reminder on its website Feb. 5 that the five-page form is voluntary.
 
02/05/2015
CMS will implement its new 5-Star rating system on Home Health Compare using half-star increments instead of the full-star increments as previously discussed. The system will start in July and be published quarterly thereafter.
 
 
02/02/2015
The Home Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HHCAHPS) website has been revised for authorized users — either a vendor or an agency — to include a “Dashboard” tab, CMS has announced.
 
 
02/02/2015
President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2016 budget calls for 30% of Medicare payments to providers based on delivery of “efficient, high-quality, coordinated health care rather than paying for volume of health care services.”
 
 
01/30/2015
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,
 
 
01/29/2015

CMS announced Jan. 28 that it is considering developing a voluntary clinical template physicians can complete during face-to-face examinations of Medicare patients.

 
 

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