The 2026 Home Health Final Rule: A Survival Guide for Agencies
If you’ve been holding your breath waiting for the 2026 Medicare Home Health Final Rule, you can finally exhale. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final …
Home Health: Important Pre-Claim Review Billing Issue! Claims Incorrectly Returning for Reason Code 39621.
From Palmetto GBA: Home Health Agencies participating in Pre-Claim Review are having claims incorrectly returning with reason code 39621, indicating to remove the UTN. Agencies should not remove the UTN! …
Acute Hospital Care at Home
CMS announced new steps to increase the capacity of the American health care system to provide care to patients outside a traditional hospital setting amid a rising number of COVID-19 …
CMS will retire the original Compare Tools Websites on December 1st.
From CMS: “In early September, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Care Compare on Medicare.gov, which streamlines our eight original health care compare tools. Since then, you’ve …
CMS Finalizes 2021 Home Health Payment and Policy Updates
CMS has released the 2021 Home Health Final Rule, which contains changes to telehealth, payment rates, home infusion policies and more. We will provide a full breakdown and analysis of …
North Carolina: Welcome to the Review Choice Demonstration! Introductory Webinar from Palmetto GBA.
The Review Choice Demonstration for home health agencies in North Carolina is beginning. Palmetto GBA is holding an introductory webinar to assist providers with the transition to RCD. North Carolina …
Updated Home Health QRP COVID-19 Public Reporting Tip Sheet
CMS has provided an updated Tip Sheet is to help providers understand CMS’ public reporting strategy for the PAC QRP in the midst of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). …
New Training from CMS – Introduction to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program
CMS is offering a web-based training course for those who are new to the Home Health (HH) Quality Reporting Program (QRP). This course is designed to provide a general overview …
Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) Updated Cycles for Providers in Illinois and Texas
Important information from Palmetto GBA: “CMS will restart the RCD following the pause for COVID-19. Home Health claims in all demonstration states with billing periods on or after August 31, …
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, …