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Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance on the Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule that was published on November 5, 2021. The emergency regulation helps safeguard health care workers and the people they serve from COVID-19 and its variants for all individuals seeking care by imposing requirements...
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Swingtech sends informational messages to hospices related to the Quality Reporting Program (QRP) on a quarterly basis. Their latest outreach communication can be found on the HQRP Requirements and Best Practices webpage. If you want to receive Swingtech’s quarterly emails, then add or update the email addresses to which these messages are sent by sending an...
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To our IAHHC Membership, our friends in the industry need our help! Please see the email below which is forwarded from Tim Rogers, President and CEO of the Association for Home and Hospice Care of North Carolina. Please help as you are able. Cindi Wessel, Home Health and Hospice Resource Director, IAHHC www.ahhcnc.org/florence We want...
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The Proposed New National Standardized 60-Day Episodes Rates are listed below: Proposed National Standardized Episode Rate $3,151.22 Proposed Rate (Did Not Submit Quality Data) $3,089.49 Remember your individual agency rate will be adjusted by wage index. If your patients live in a rural area you will receive an additional payment. We will go over the...
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing to overhaul the home health prospective payment system and continue the shift toward value-based care. Specifically, the agency is moving forward with the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) and floating several other changes, as well as the annual update to the Medicare rate. Proposed changes are...
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By Robert Holly | June 27, 2018 One measure behind home health quality of patient care star ratings may be on its way out, but another is poised to take its place. The Medicare Learning Network, an education and outreach arm of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), outlined two recommended changes to quality...
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