Home Health Line Breaking News
03/03/2021
CMS recently announced a beta test this summer for the latest update of the Home Health Grouper software.
02/26/2021
Home health agencies and other post-acute settings have access to new new web-based training from CMS regarding assessment and coding of drug regiment review standardized patient assessment data elements.
02/26/2021
New MLN guidance on hospital discharge/transfer to home health is geared toward hospital systems, but it is an important reminder to agencies to carefully log admission source.
02/26/2021
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Principal Deputy Inspector General Christi A. Grimm recently released a message regarding telehealth.
02/19/2021
CMS is transitioning to a new data source for a demographic data for all home health agencies and other post-acute providers.
02/19/2021
The US Food and Drug Administration recently issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the investigational monoclonal antibody therapy — bamlanivimab and etesevimab — issued together for treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19.
02/17/2021
Agencies are receiving new guidance from MACs to address one of several issues that have caused erroneously rejected RAPs and claims since the start of the year.
02/12/2021
LexisNexis Risk Solutions recently released its Top 100 Hospice and Home Health Agencies rankings.
02/12/2021
With concern about staff refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) will present a series of town hall events, beginning February 17.
02/12/2021
CMS has created a fact sheet to show hospice providers how to create an effective plan of care. The agency notes an Office of Inspector General (OIG) report in 2019 found most hospices have at least one deficiency when it comes to their quality of care.

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