Home Health
Home Health Quality Reporting Update

The October 2024 quarterly refresh for the Home Health Quality Reporting Program is now available on Care Compare. For this refresh, Home Health (HH) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) and HH QRP claims-based measures have been updated. All OASIS and claims-based measures are now based on the standard number of quarters. The October 2024 refresh […]
Read MoreCMS Makes 2 Post Acute Health Equity Updates

On October 15, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated the two annual post-acute care (PAC) Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports: The Discharge to Community (DTC) Health Equity Confidential Feedback Report and the Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) Health Equity Confidential Feedback Report. These reports are available to providers in the Home […]
Read MoreHome Health Cuts and Barriers are Life and Death Issues for Medicare Beneficiaries

By Dr. Steve Landers, CEO of the National Alliance for Care at Home New research paints a worrisome picture of how Medicare home health cuts and barriers to care are endangering the lives of Medicare beneficiaries. Home health services are critical for some of Medicare’s sickest beneficiaries — those with serious illness who are homebound […]
Read MoreHome Health Quality Reporting Update

On October 15, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the new Screen Positive for Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN) Indicator Confidential Feedback Report to Home Health. This report presents summary information for your patient population on four HRSN data elements: Results for this initial report are calculated using data from October 1, […]
Read MoreReport: Home Health Referrals Up, Acceptance Down

Home health agencies are generating more referrals from their acute care partners, but acceptance of those referred patients is not keeping pace, according to the new “Evolution of Care” report from WellSky, that examined data from about 130,000 health care providers, including home health agencies, hospitals, and other sources. Home health referrals are up about […]
Read MoreHome Health Quality Update

For this refresh, Home Health (HH) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) measures have been updated. In addition, three OASIS measures have been added to public reporting for the January 2025 refresh: The January 2025 refresh also includes the removal of one OASIS measure from public reporting: For additional information, please see the HH Quality […]
Read MoreUPDATE: CMS Updates the Home Health Consolidated Billing Supply List

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the annual update to the healthcare common procedure coding system (HCPCS) codes used for home health consolidated billing enforcement. There are 71 new codes that will take effect January 1, 2025. Most of the new codes are for compression garments and wraps used for patients with a […]
Read MoreAre you losing business because your hospital referrals are going unfulfilled?

In 2022 more than 2.7 million Medicare patients were discharged from the hospital with a referral to home health. Of those fewer, than 60%, only about 1.6 million, received home care, representing both substantial access to care barriers for patients and missed business opportunities for home health agencies. The lowest fulfillment rates are in rural […]
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