Home Health Line
09/04/2017
Home health agencies should feel more confident than ever that they will get paid for maintenance therapy services they provide. CMS recently followed a federal judge’s order to launch a webpage full of resources that reinforce maintenance therapy is covered under the Medicare benefit.
09/04/2017
A deeper look at the first full calendar year of ICD-10 code use reveals that several of the most profitable codes in home health in 2016 are often inappropriate codes for agencies to use.
09/04/2017
Experts say there has been an increasing focus on fraud enforcement when it comes home health care involving Medicaid. This makes it even more important to be sure you’re hiring the right staff and double checking that the services you bill for were in fact provided.
09/04/2017
Agencies should consider recent worldwide cybersecurity attacks as they prepare for November’s implementation of new emergency preparedness Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
09/04/2017
by: ABILITY Network
R26.89 (Other abnormalities of gait and mobility) was the most profitable ICD-10 code in 2016. That’s according to an analysis of assessments involving about 900,000 PPS episodes by Minneapolis-based ABILITY Network. The data represent more than 2,000 provider locations nationwide.
09/01/2017
CMS released Q&As in writing on its Home Health Quality Reporting Training website in August, providing official documentation for medication item guidance that was released during its May provider training.
08/28/2017
Agencies should educate staff and patients now to ensure compliance with new complaint process expectations outlined in the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
08/28/2017
By keeping patients better informed about when clinicians will arrive, agencies can improve their performance on two low-scoring HHCAHPS questions. Such an improvement could raise your agency’s HHCAHPS results and star rating, something referral sources strongly consider.
08/28/2017
The 2018 proposed PPS rule for home health details a new payment system coming to the industry in 2019. Attorney Robert Markette of Indianapolis-based Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman offered HHL the following insights about how the Home Health Groupings Model (HHGM) will affect agencies.
08/28/2017
CMS is preparing to cancel four mandatory episode payment models for common cardiac and orthopedic conditions, according to a proposed rule posted Aug. 15. The models had been due to begin in January.

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