Home Health QRP COVID-19 PHE Tip Sheet from CMS
CMS has released a new tip sheet to help home health providers navigate the changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (QRP) during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). …
MassHealth: FY19 Supplemental Budget Surplus Distribution for Home Health Agencies
From MassHealth: During the fourth quarter of state fiscal year 2020, due to COVID-19, providers experienced an unanticipated and significant reduction in service utilization. As a result of this reduction …
Q4CY19 PEPPER Release Delayed
From PEPPER: “The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is taking measures to free up the attention of providers as they respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. To this end, …
CMS’ 2021 Proposed Rule for Home Health Agencies – Changes to Telehealth, Reimbursement, and More
CMS issued a proposed rule that includes annual payment updates for home health agencies, changes to telehealth, and more. The proposed rule includes routine, legally required updates to home health …
New ABN Form: Mandatory on August 31st!
The ABN (Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage) Form CMS-R-131, and form instructions have been approved by CMS’ Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal. The use of the renewed …
UnitedHealthcare: Important Dates and Billing Guidance
From UnitedHealthcare: “The following resources will help you quickly reference the effective dates for UnitedHealthcare’s temporary benefit, program and procedure changes related to COVID-19, as well as billing guidelines for …
Home Health Agencies: Issue with iQIES Resolved, Make Sure to Re-Submit Impacted Claims!
From the iQIES known issues website: “Some HHA users who use the iQIES user tool to create and submit their OASIS assessments were having their claims Returned to the Provider …
OASIS-E Roll Out will be Delayed due to COVID-19
From CMS’ new interim final rule: Home health agencies will be required to use OASIS-E to begin collecting data on the two TOH Information Measures beginning with discharges and transfers …
New Codes for Therapist Assistants Providing Maintenance Programs in Home Health Settings
CMS released CR 11721, which details new changes to the Home Health billing and processing instructions, including new G-codes that describe therapy assistant services. It also makes a correction to …
MassHealth: Temporary Expansion of Home Health Aide Services
In light of the state of emergency declared in the Commonwealth due to the 2019 novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, MassHealth is introducing additional flexibilities for the provision of home health …