Home Health & Hospice Week
Next Home Health Compare Refresh Date Bumped To October
The next refresh won’t be until October. Medicare has pushed off its next Home Health Compare refresh for three months. Effective Jan.1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began “processing all Home Health OASIS submissions and all reporting requirements through iQIES,” CMS says on its website. The transition to iQIES has been riddled with problems, with providers maintaining OASIS matching errors are still occurring. “Due to unforeseen circumstances, CMS has determined that there will not be a refresh for the [Home Health] Compare site in July 2020,” the agency says. That also means no Provider Preview Report for the July 2020 refresh in March. “The next scheduled refresh for the Compare site will be in October 2020,” with the April-published data remaining in place until then, CMS adds. Home health providers will receive their next Provider Preview Report in late June.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- COVID-19:
Medicare Allows F2F Via Expanded Telehealth Visits
FaceTime, Skype are OK for F2F encounters now. Home health agencies and hospices are under [...] - Regulations:
Feds Give Home Care A Break On Surveys, Cost Reports, More
Plus: Enrollment liberalization may help access. Home health and hospice agencies have a little breathing [...] - Operations:
Operations PPE, Staffing Top Home Care Concerns In Face Of COVID-19
Warning: Sick, FMLA leave legislative changes could pack a wallop. The problems the 2019 novel [...] - Emergencies:
Follow These Steps To Tackle COVID-19 Trouble Spots Head On
Will your QA staff step in to fill direct care spots? Home care providers are [...] - OASIS:
Reserve Time For OASIS-E In Your Schedule
Keep an eye out for a possible delay. It may be hard to look past [...] - Industry Note:
Next Home Health Compare Refresh Date Bumped To October
The next refresh won’t be until October. Medicare has pushed off its next Home Health [...] - Industry Note:
Review Your Hospice Item Set, CAHPS Data Preview Reports Before It's Too Late
In contrast to HHAs, hospices have until April 13 to review their preview reports for [...] - Industry Note:
No Joke: CDC Makes 'Unprecedented' Move To Activate New COVID-19 Diagnosis Code April 1
If you are treating patients for COVID-19, there’s a new diagnosis code to use as [...] - Industry Note:
PACE Organizations Can Use Telehealth Too, New CMS Guidance Says
PACE Organizations are the latest provider group to get COVID-19 guidance from CMS. A three-page [...]
