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CMS Awaits Your Views on the CY 2017 Home Health Proposed Rule
Have you ever said that Medicare didn't ask your opinion before they made some rule that doesn't make any sense? I know I have.
Here's your chance to tell CMS what you think. The home health CY 2017 Proposed Rule is available and awaiting your comment. Actually, you can't comment until after Tuesday, July 5, when it officially posts to the Federal Register. But you can download a PDF now of the advance copy.
Get your free OASIS-C2 Guidance Manual
CMS' OASIS-C2 Guidance Manual is now available. Download yours athttp://go.cms.gov/291aRmh.
I know it's super nerdy that I'm excited about this. But then, that's who I am.
5-Star Ratings on Home Health Compare Need Improvement
Home health providers caring for more patients who are harder to treat generally receive lower 5-Star ratings and pay, while agencies serving easier-to-manage patients earn more money and receive higher Home Health Compare 5-Star ratings. This problem and other findings concern the "Quality of Patient Care Star Ratings Technical Expert Panel" (TEP). The panel met May 2-3, 2016 in Maryland to discuss data analyses of Home Health Compare's about-one-year-old 5-Star rating system for home health agencies, according to meeting minutes distributed by Abt Associates. The TEP discussed worries that disparity between the effort required to care for patients and the financial...
DM and Its Related Conditions -- New ICD-10 Direction
Confused about new diabetes ICD-10 coding rules?
You're not alone.
The newly published direction to code as related any potential manifestation listed in the ICD-10 alphabetical index is a 180-degree turn from what diagnosis coders have done for years.