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November ODF Features OASIS-C Guidance
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) held an open door forum (ODF) for home health care, hospice, and durable medical equipment (DME) on Wednesday, Nov. 2. When discussing the face-to-face physician encounter requirement, CMS stated that it is a statutory requirement. Because it is law, only Congress can change the law and CMS [...]
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CMS Releases Home Health Final Rule
Mon, Oct 31, 2011
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its annual Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Final Rule last week on October 31, which will update the HH PPS rates for 2012. According to CMS, payments to home health agencies are estimated to decrease by approximately 2.31 percent. This decrease in payment that [...]
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Senate Finance Committee Report Will Increase Therapy Scrutiny
Mon, Oct 17, 2011
On October 3, the Senate Finance Committee released a report regarding the investigation of four major homecare company’s therapy practices. In response to a media report that home health companies took advantage of the Medicare therapy payment system by providing medically-unnecessary patient care, an investigation into home health therapy practices at Amedisys, LHC Group, Gentiva, [...]
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Open Door Forum Makes OASIS-C Announcements
Fri, Oct 7, 2011
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) held an open door forum (ODF) for homecare, hospice, and durable medical equipment (DME) on Wednesday, September 28. The following are some OASIS-C highlights that may be of interest to homecare providers. HAVEN/OASIS grouper update The updated versions of HAVEN and the OASIS grouper are now available [...]
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OASIS Annoucements Made at April Open Door Forum
Fri, Apr 15, 2011
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) held an open door forum (ODF) for home health care, hospice, and durable medical equipment (DME) on Wednesday, April 13. The following are some OASIS highlights of the ODF that may be of interest. OASIS Updates CMS made three OASIS related announcements, including: The OASIS-C measure reporting [...]
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Compliance Conundrum?
Thu, Dec 23, 2010
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