Home Health Line Breaking News
04/06/2020
In order for a patient to receive the Medicare hospice benefit, the patient must be certified as terminally ill, according to a cgsmedicare webpage.
04/06/2020
Palmetto GBA is now offering eRCD, a feature located on the provider dashboard in eServices, which allows for monitoring of Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) results.
04/01/2020
CMS issued an interim final rule on March 30 that provides some clarification for agencies dealing with the public health emergency.
03/30/2020
With COVID-19 being declared a national emergency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) can waive some requirements in Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP with Section 1135 authority, according to a CMS news release.
03/30/2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its financial effect, CMS has implemented an accelerated and advance payment request and approval.
03/25/2020
Providers and payers now have revised tabular and index information for new ICD-10-CM code U07.1 (COVID-19) issued today by the panel that maintains the diagnosis code set in the U.S.
03/24/2020
CMS has revised COVID-19 guidance for nursing homes that includes an exception for hospices workers.
03/23/2020
Under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), matching the claim to the OASIS is more important than ever, and CMS has issued an MLN Matters article to help agencies get it right.
03/18/2020
Providers in the U.S. will have a specific ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for the COVID-19 virus beginning April 1. 
03/18/2020
A new version of the OASIS is coming to home health, and CMS has released a first look at the assessment itself.

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