Home Health & Hospice Week
Use Only These V Codes In M1024
These codes were included in the Cen-ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Attach-ment D list of qualifying V codes for use with the OASIS case mix item now known as M1024: V04.5 -- Vaccine for rabies V07.0 -- Prophylactic isolation V07.1 -- Desensitization to allergens V07.2 -- Prophylactic immunotherapy V07.39 -- Other prophylactic chemotherapy V07.51 -- List of selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMS) V07.52 -- Use of aromatase inhibitors V07.59 -- Use of other agents affecting estrogen receptors and estrogen levels V07.8 -- Prophylactic or treatment measures, NEC V07.9 -- Prophylactic or treatment measure, NOS V09 -- Infection with drug resistant microorgan isms V46 -- Dependence on machines V50 -- Elective surgery for purposes other than remedying health status V51.0 -- Encounter for breast reconstruction fol lowing mastectomy V51.8 -- Other aftercare involving use of plastic surgery V52 -- Fitting and adjustment of prosthetic device and implant V53 -- Fitting and adjustment of other device V54 -- Other orthopedic aftercare V55.1 -- Attention to gastrostomy V55.2 -- Attention to ileostomy V55.3 -- Attention to colostomy V55.4 -- Attention to enterostomy, NEC V55.7 -- Attention to artificial vagina V55.8 -- Attention to artificial opening, NEC V55.9 -- Attention to artificial opening, NOS V56 -- Encounter for dialysis and dialysis catheter care V57 -- Care Involving use of rehabilitative pro cedures V58 -- Encounter for other and unspecified pro cedures and aftercare V59 -- Donors.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Compliance:
Review Your Employee Bonuses Carefully
New indictment casts doubt on furnishing employee incentives.What you call a good marketing strategy, the [...] - Prospective Payment System:
Brace For Case Mix Diagnosis Coding Changes In 2013
Will you take a hit on resolved diagnoses?Prepare to see a reduction in home health [...] - Diagnosis Coding:
Grouper Calculation To Change Based On This Coding Shift
PPS methodology leaves agencies with questions.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' 2013 PPS proposed [...] - Case Mix:
Use Only These V Codes In M1024
These codes were included in the Cen-ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Attach-ment D list [...] - Industry Note:
Home Care Companies Hit Acquisition Trail
Providers change hands nationwide.Home care providers have been busy in the mergers and acquisitions market.Among [...] - Industry Note:
OIG Wants Outlier Cap Lowered
HHAs serving a high number of outlier patients under the prospective payment system may see [...] - Industry Note:
Hospice PEPPER Training Full
If you're trying to figure out how to use the new hospice comparative billing report [...] - Industry Note:
New Round Of DME Bidding Launches
Registration is now open for Medicare's competitive bidding round 1 recompete for durable medical equipment, [...] - Industry Note:
Recovery Audit Contractor Prepayment Reviews Start This Month
Now that Recovery Audit Contractors have named home health agencies as specific targets (see Eli's [...] - Industry Note:
Senior Population Continues To Grow As Challenges To Recruiting Aides Intensify
Your patient pool will continue to grow in coming years, confirms a new government report. [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare Smoothes Some Of PECOS' Rough Edges
Registering with CMS's PECOS system has had its share of headaches, but CMS has made [...] - Industry Note:
Miami HHA Owner Pleads Guilty In $60M Scheme
A Miami home health agency owner has entered the latest guilty plea in a $60 [...] - Industry Note:
Download Newest Version Of PPS Pricer, Including A Fix For LUPA Add-On
You can download an updated version of the HH PPS PC Pricer at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/PCPricer/HH.html. It [...]
