Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum is scheduled for Wednesday, April 20, 2022, PM at 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET). Please call at least 15 minutes prior to the forum start time. **This Agenda is Subject to Change** Opening Remarks Chair –…… Continue reading Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum – Updated Agenda for April 20, 2022  

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare (CMS) had previously identified an issue in the iQIES system that may have affected your HHA’s Services Provided values that are displayed on the HHA Provider Preview reports that were distributed in iQIES on 02/23/2022. Moreover, we had previously asked HHAs to review the Services Provided…… Continue reading Attention Home Health Providers: April 2022 Refresh Information

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted Transmittal 11296 – Change Request 12615 on Friday, March 25, 2022. Note the red ink on the last 3 pages of this 8-page update.

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS identified an iQIES system nuance that may affect your HHA’s Services Provided values that are displayed on the HHA Provider Preview reports for the April 2022 refresh.  These reports were distributed in iQIES on 02/23/2022.  CMS is asking each HHA to carefully review the Services…… Continue reading Attention Home Health Providers: Review Your HHA Provider Preview Reports

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare For this refresh, Home Health (HH) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) measure scores are based on the standard number of quarters. The April 2022 refresh will add new OASIS-based measures for public reporting in alignment with the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of…… Continue reading Home Health Preview and Star Rating Preview Reports for April 2022 Refresh:   NOW AVAILABLE IN iQIES

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum is scheduled for: Thursday, February 24, 2022 PM at 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET). Please call at least 15 minutes prior to the forum start time. **This Agenda is Subject to Change** Opening RemarksChair – Brian…… Continue reading Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum – February 24, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On December 30, 2021, a minor update to the iQIES OASIS Patient Assessment service will occur. Items included in this release are as follows: Extend the current OASIS data specifications, V2.31.0, to support patient assessment collection in Calendar Year (CY) 2022. Extending the year of the data…… Continue reading OASIS Patient Assessment Service Update in iQIES

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On Friday, January 14, 2022, CMS sent a notice to HHA Providers stating that their Preview Reports and Star Rating Preview Reports for the April 2022 Refresh of Care Compare/Provider Data Catalog, had been updated and were ready for viewing. We would like to note that…… Continue reading HHA Providers: January 14, 2022 HHA Preview Report Announcement Sent in Error