Medical Billing & Collections
HHS and CMS announced their new Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model, which aims to improve the quality of life for people living with dementia, reduce strain on unpaid caregivers, …
The Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) Form has been updated with a new expiration date. The new form will be mandatory for all home health agencies, hospices, and other Medicare-certified providers …
President Biden has informed Congress that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 (known as Public Health Emergencies, or PHEs) on May 11, 2023. Depending on your …
The nationwide rollout of the HHVBP model is right around the corner – it will be 2023 sooner than you think! CMS has released several new resources that will help …
CMS is offering a virtual training program that provides instruction on the guidance for the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)-E. This training is part of a comprehensive strategy to …
CMS has released their annual proposed payment update rule. There’s no way to sugar-coat it: if finalized as written this payment update rule will be the death knell of many …
Today, HHS and CMS are notifying states that they now have an additional year — through March 31, 2025 — to use funding made available by the American Rescue Plan …
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 …
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 …
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 …