Home Health Line
10/11/2018
If your agency hasn’t stepped up its efforts to educate clinicians about M2020 (Management of oral medications), now is the time.
10/11/2018
While the backlog of home health appeals at the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) level is steadily being chipped away, data show a low reversal rate for appeals.
10/11/2018
by: DecisionHealth’s 2018 Home Health Coders’ Salary Survey
Nearly half of coders didn't receive a raise in the past 12 months. That’s according to according to the 314 respondents to a question on DecisionHealth’s 2018 Home Health Coders' Salary Survey.
10/11/2018
by: CMS
Supplemental materials provided by CMS show the federal Medicare agency expects agencies to face the following burden as a result of the proposed review choice demonstration.
10/04/2018
Analyze claims to find how often your agency would qualify for a comorbidity adjustment if the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) were in effect now.
10/04/2018
CMS feels it’s necessary to develop a comprehensive, standardized patient assessment tool for the hospice industry.
10/04/2018
Establish procedures, set benchmarks and hold staff accountable to increase efficiencies as part of a management approach designed to ensure quality and compliance.
10/04/2018
CMS is now proposing a Dec. 10 launch date for its review choice demonstration in Illinois. And CMS also has announced a second opportunity for the home health industry to comment about the proposed demonstration.
10/04/2018
CMS has posted revisions to the State Operations Manual, Appendix B — Guidance to Surveyors for Home Health Agencies.
10/04/2018
A diagnosis of COPD could default to emphysema and could be coded with J43.9, not J44.9, which is how it currently is coded, if changes to the ICD-10 code set proposed at the most recent meeting of the ICD-10 Coordination & Maintenance Committee are implemented next year.

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