CMS Update: New Rules for Home Health Agencies Undergoing Ownership ChangesDarlene S. Davis
Under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), matching the claim to the OASIS is more important than ever, and CMS has issued an MLN Matters article to help agencies get it right. For several years, Medicare systems have checked for a corresponding OASIS once the final home health claim...
CMS has issued new recommendations concerning communities that are in Phase 1 of the guidelines for President Trump’s Opening Up America Again with low incidence or relatively low and stable incidence of COVID-19 cases. CMS states that in areas that have a low, or relatively low and stable ...
Medicare program; prospective payment system for home health agencies Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS Final rule This final rule establishes requirements for the new prospective payment system for home health agencies as required by section 4603 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, as...
Home Health Agencies Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Critical Access Hospitals Outpatient Physical Therapy Community Mental Health Centers Home Infusion Therapy Rural Health Clinics/Federally Qualified Health Centers End Stage Renal Dialysis Facilities ...
TheCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Servicesor CMS is a federal agency that is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It oversees the major government healthcare programs, which include Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program or CHIP. It als...
March 7, 2023:The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)announceda public meeting of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention’s (CSAP) Drug Testing Advisory Board (DTAB). The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Test...
On January 29, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a temporary moratorium on enrolling Part B non-emergency ambulance providers/suppliers and home health agencies, subunits and branch locations in Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Texas, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. CMS ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2025 Home Health Prospective Payment System final rule (Final Rule) expanded the scope of providers subject to a provisional period of enhanced oversight (PPEO) to include...more Healthcare Providers, Agents, and Brokers: Please Stop, Look,...
The Proposed Rule, released on July 10, 2024, includes policies that aim to address health disparities, expand access to behavioral healthcare services and improve transparency in the health system, objectives that have been prioritized in prior OPPS rulemaking. CMS also issued requests for info...