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All Home Health Agencies: Updated Draft OASIS-E Instrument Now Available from CMS.

The updated draft OASIS-E All Items Instrument is now available on CMS’ OASIS Data Sets webpage. A log of changes since posting in February is also available.  OASIS-E will be effective January …

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Massachusetts Home Health Agencies – Important Regulatory Updates from MassHealth

MassHealth has released a draft of an updated Home Health Agency Manual that contains many significant changes. The draft is attached below. MassHealth previously conducted training on updates to the …

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Home Health Agencies: Preview Reports and Star Rating Preview Reports for the July 2022 Refresh are Now Available in iQIES

For this refresh, Home Health (HH) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) will be based on the standard number of quarters. This refresh resumes the reporting of all claims-based measures …

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Massachusetts Home Health Agencies: Updates to the LTSS Provider Portal for Prior Authorization (PA) of Home Health Aide Services

An important reminder from MassHealth: MassHealth will be making updates to the LTSS Provider Portal related to PA submissions for home health aide services when provided by family caregivers. Effective …

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All Home Health Agencies: Critical iQIES Update from CMS!

Please read this important update from CMS and share it with your staff: “CMS identified an iQIES system nuance that may affect your HHA’s Services Provided values that are displayed …

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Home Health Providers: VA Will No Longer Require RAPs or NOAs

CMS recently announced changes to claim processing requirements that affect the use of Requests for Anticipated Payments (RAPs) for home health care claims, including changes to submission timelines and late …

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Important Update from Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA): All CCA In-Network Home Health Agencies Must be Medicare Certified by January 1, 2023!

The Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA) has announced that all in-network home health agencies must become Medicare certified by January 1, 2023. If your agency is already Medicare certified you should …

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CMS Releases the 2022 Home Health Final Rule

Today CMS released the 2022 Home Health Final Rule. The rule finalizes a nationwide expansion of the successful Home Health Value- Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model and makes updates to the …

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Massachusetts Home Health Agencies: A Very Important MassHealth Update for 2022!

MassHealth has shared a critical update for home health agencies about regulatory changes which will become effective January 1, 2022. These are presented in detail in the PDF linked below. …

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Home Health Providers: New HH QRP OASIS Interim Guidance Webinar from CMS

CMS invites Home Health providers to listen to the Home Health Quality Reports Program’s OASIS Interim Guidance Webinar. In an effort to provide an overview of important OASIS data collection …

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