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ICD-10 October 2015 Coding Deadline

3 Planning Phases to Get You Ready New ICD-10 coding changes must be implemented by October 1, 2015 for all agencies who provide care in the […]

Compliance Risks Pertinent To Home Health Agencies

How is your Home Health Agency (HHA) complying with state and federal compliance regulations and standards? This might seem like a loaded question. That’s partly because it is. In this blog, we’re going to look into some of the risks that could cause noncompliance in your day-to-day operations, and how to avoid such noncompliance.

CMS Star Rating System: Are you a 5-Star Provider?

On July 16, 2015, CMS announced that it would adopt a quality of patient care star rating system. Similar to what is used on online retail […]

Shift Towards Value Based Care

In the current fee-for-service model of reimbursing providers for health care, physicians and organizations have incentives to ‘do’ more. The more tests you order, patients you […]

How Home Health Care Agencies Can Improve Transitional Patient Care

The importance of well-planned healthcare transitions between hospital discharges and home health care helps to avoid re-hospitalizations, especially for those elderly patients with multiple medical conditions. […]

Beware The Rac Audit

How often have you or an HHA that you know, undergone a CMS Audit? These days it’s becoming more popular for the government to audit HHAs […]

ICD-10: New Features & Common Coding Errors

As the deadline for the ICD-10-CM and –PCS approaches on October 1, 2015, home health agencies (HHAs) covered by HIPAA must be up to speed. Enlisting […]

Increased Hospice Spending & It’s Dirty Little Secret

Medicare Hospice spending has seen an exponential increase over recent years, particularly in the for-profit sector. Hospice providers have also increased—primarily in the states of Texas […]

Reducing Medication Errors in Home Care

According to the NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information), medication errors are estimated to harm at least 1.5 million patients per year in the U.S. alone. Medication errors are one of the leading causes of death and injury for Medicare beneficiaries.

The Final Rule For The New CoPs For Home Health Agencies – Highlights (Part 1 of 2)

CMS recently revised Conditions for Participation (CoP) for home health agencies. It's been over 20 years since the CoPs were drafted, and although CMS made some revisions since then, this is the first time the CoPs have been updated to focus on patient-centred and outcome oriented quality standards.

Patient Rights & QAPI Programs – Highlights (Part 2 of 2)

The most sweeping changes in the final rule of the CoPs for HHAs fall within the purview of patient rights and QAPI programs. Here's a closer look at what they entail.

CMS Pauses & Delays Pre-Claim Review & New Home Health CoPs

Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced major updates to the Pre-Claim Review Demonstration (PCRD) and the Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs).

All Set For This Year’s PEPPER?

Get set for compliance. Get set for competition. Get set for improvements. Get set for success. The third edition of PEPPER or the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report is just around the corner. Is your agency ready to leverage all it has to offer?

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