Home Health Line Breaking News
04/24/2023
The company, which provides staffing that includes registered nurses, certified nursing assistants, home health aides and companions, failed to pay 61 employees a time-and-a-half premium for hours over 40 hours in a workweek.
04/21/2023
For the first time, anyone can now review detailed information on the ownership of more than 6,000 hospices and 11,000 home health agencies certified to participate in the Medicare program on the CMS website.
04/18/2023
CMS addresses the conflicting information given in the OASIS-E assessment versus the OASIS-E Guidance Manual for D0150 (Patient Mood Interview) in the April quarterly OASIS-E Q&As, released April 18.
04/17/2023
CMS will be updating providers on the FY 2024 Hospice Proposed Rule, HHVBP resources and quality reporting reminders.
04/14/2023
Palmetto GBA, a Medicare Administrative Contractor for 16 states, recently published a Q&A on documentation for the primary diagnosis when it is part of a combination diagnosis code.
04/13/2023
A Texas home health company owner was sentenced to serve three years and nine months in prison and pay more than $1 million in restitution after a conviction of conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
04/11/2023
The proposed ICD-10 code changes — released with the FY2024 Hospital Inpatient PPS (IPPS) proposed rule on April 10 –   include new codes to enhance the tracking and progression of Parkinson’s Disease, including codes for Parkinson’s Disease with and without dyskinesia and Parkinsonism, unspecified.
04/07/2023
The sector added 15,000 jobs in March, compared to 11,000 added in hospitals and 8,000 added in nursing and residential care facilities.
04/06/2023
Over eight years, more than 24 patients were placed on hospice when none of them had been diagnosed with a terminal illness.
04/05/2023
The preview reports and star rating preview reports for the July refresh are now available in iQIES.

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