Home Health Line
11/15/2010

Agencies are providing more visits per episode for the most common HHRG score, new data from OCS HomeCare show.

11/08/2010

Medicare payments to home health agencies next year will be down an average 4.89% from 2010 under the 2011 final PPS rule released Nov. 2 by CMS.

11/08/2010

CMS’ final rule keeps the face-to-face encounter requirement intact, but it offers some relief by allowing hospitalists to perform those visits.

11/08/2010

Home health agencies will have until April 2011 to comply with more stringent therapy documentation and visit requirements, according to CMS’ 2011 PPS final rule.

11/08/2010

CMS will not extend the deadline for the implementation of the Home Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HH-CAHPS) survey, despite industry concerns that the new requirements would

11/08/2010

CMS is not stripping the case-mix status from 401.9 (essential hypertension, unspecified) and 401.1 (benign hypertension) – yet.

11/08/2010

With just two months to prepare for the new face-to-face encounter requirement, agencies should take note of the steps one agency has taken to comply with the new regulations.

11/08/2010

Changes in indirect ownership of a home health agency won’t trigger the 36-month rule, CMS states in its 2011 PPS final rule.

11/08/2010

Mid-term election impact. Two important Election Day 2010 events could be disruptive to the home health industry: a Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and the release of

11/01/2010

Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley, ranking Republican on the Finance Committee, and the HHS Office of Inspector General both have doubts about the usefulness and accuracy of overpayments being pursued by

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