New Home Health Conditions Effective 7/13/2017
FROM MEDICARE: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have finalized HHA care policies and rules governing HHAs that will improve the quality of home health care services for Medicare and Medicaid
Home Health - Cancer Death Rates Drop 25%
Cancer death rates in the United States have dropped 25 percent since the early 1990s, a new report reveals to MyHomecareBiz.com.
Denial of Home Health Payments When OASIS Not Received
Medicare Change Request (CR) 9585 directs Intermediaries to automate the denial of Home Health Care Billing Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) claims when the condition of payment for submitting patient assessment data has not been met. Make sure that your HH billing software staff...
OASIS C2 - Best Practices for Completing M1900 Fall Risk
Include the following home health care OASIS C2 Best Practices for completing M1900 Falls Risk Assessment on MyHomecareBiz:
Home Health Care: Contingency Plans are Good for Business
Home health care management: as a certified home health agency you should have a policy stating that the patient must have a competent, appropriate,
Home Health Care Services versus Assisted Living Cost Comparisons
A report recently published by the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has found that payments via Medicare for hospice services in assisted living facilities have increased nearly twofold in the past five years when cared to other options such as home health...
Home Health: National Handwashing Awareness Week 12/4-12/10/2016
Home Health Care: 50% of Patients Non-Compliant with Meds...
MacMaster University in Canada has recently released a new study, led by Robby Nieuwlaat, showing that half of home health care patients do not take their medications as prescribed, despite any med teaching interventions.
