Home Health & Hospice Week
CMS Launches MyHealthEData
Get ready for potential new patient datarelated responsibilities under a recently unveiled Trump administration initiative. CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced on March 6 the MyHealthEData program, which aims "to empower patients by giving them control of their healthcare data, and allowing it to follow them through their healthcare journey." Under the government-wide initiative, "patients will be able to choose the provider that best meets their needs and then give that provider secure access to their data, leading to greater competition and reducing costs," according to a CMS release. Plus: Verma also launched Medicare's Blue Button 2.0 - "a new and secure way for Medicare beneficiaries to access and share their personal health data in a universal digital format. This enables patients who participate in the traditional Medicare program to connect their claims data to the secure applications, providers, services, and research programs they trust." Among other related plans, "CMS intends to require that a patient's data follow them after they are discharged from the hospital," the release notes. More information is at www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2018-Fact-sheets-items/2018-03-06.html.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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Cert, F2F Documentation Troubles Plague HHAs
Recent documentation change in budget law amounts to no change, experts say. With Targeted Probe [...] - Legislation:
Go To The Source For Documentation Language
Key point: 'May' versus 'shall.' Here's the Bipartisan Budget Act language specifying the home health [...] - Regulations:
Prepare To Bombard CMS With Comments About Documentation Change
There's still a chance to persuade CMS to make change mandatory. Home health agencies would [...] - Certification:
Target These Mistakes Your Referring Physicians Make
Diagnosis alone doesn't cut it. The Medicare requirement basing home health agency payment on your [...] - Compliance:
Are Your Docs Hitting These 5 Cert Points?
Forget the ides of March: Beware missing encounter date. According to Medicare regs, a physician [...] - Industry Note:
Keep Eye Out For Aseracare Verdict
Forthcoming decision could determine fate of many whistleblower cases. A U.S. Appeals Court ruling expected [...] - Industry Note:
Get Quick Notification of Targeted Probe & Educate Developments Online
Home health agencies served by HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor CGS have good news about how [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Launches MyHealthEData
Get ready for potential new patient datarelated responsibilities under a recently unveiled Trump administration initiative. [...] - Industry Note:
Heed HIPAA Rules For CAHPS Surveys
If you haven't done so yet, expect to have a conversation with your CAHPS vendor [...] - Industry Note:
Therapy Caps Depart, But KX Modifier Remains
Don't think Medicare therapy cap amounts for Part B therapy services are going away entirely, [...] - Industry Note:
State Needs Surety Bonds For Home Care, Auditor Urges
Home health agencies may not be subject to surety bonds under Medicare - much to [...] - Industry Note:
VA To Piggyback On Medicare Fraud-Fighting
Expect even more enforcement activity under a new relationship between the Department of Veterans Affairs [...] - Industry Note:
Private Duty Chain Makes NM Buy, Including Hospice
Addus HomeCare Corp. has agreed to purchase Ambercare Corporation Inc., a provider of personal care, [...] - Industry Note:
Canadian Firm Buys In NE
Nova Leap Health Corp., based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has acquired private duty company Family [...] - Industry Note:
SNF HHAs Change Hands
Nursing home chain HCR ManorCare is filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy and handing over ownership and [...] - Industry Note:
Hospitals Close HHAs
More hospitals are closing their home care units. In Nebraska: Methodist Hospital in Omaha is [...]
