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.
Home Health Billing: 2017 CMS Changes to Quality Reporting
Section 2(a) of the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (the IMPACT Act) requires the public reporting of data on HHAs, Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs), and Long-Term Care Hospitals (LTCHs) quality measures and...
Home Health Care Billing: 2017 Changes Rebase the 60-day Episode
The Affordable Care Act directs CMS to apply an adjustment to the national, standardized 60-day episode rate and other applicable amounts to reflect factors such as changes in the number of visits in a home care billing episode,
Home Health Billing: 2017 Payment Changes Announced by CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have announced final changes to the Medicare home health billing prospective payment system (HH PPS) for calendar year (CY) 2017 that would foster greater efficiency, flexibility, payment accuracy, and improved quality. Approximately...
Home Health Billing: Pre-Claim Review Updates
The home health billing Pre Claim Request (PCR) CoversheetPDF was updated to include all the options available for submitting PCR requests. Please note that if you submit your request via myCGS, and want the PCR decision notification letter faxed to you, please include your fax number...
