Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The July 2023 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) will be based on the standard number of quarters. For additional information on the COVID-19 public health…… Continue reading Home Health Care Compare Quarterly Refresh – July 2023

 Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS just posted the July 2023 CMS Quarterly OASIS Q&As(3 pages). Here are the Questions – with Answers – for this edition: Question 1: We understand that OASIS is not required to be collected when a patient receives only one visit in a quality episode. If…… Continue reading July 2023 CMS Quarterly OASIS Q&As

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare For this refresh, Home Health (HH) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) will be based on the standard number of quarters. The HH QRP claims-based measures, with the exception of PPR, have been updated for this refresh and are now based on the standard number of…… Continue reading Now Available in iQIES – Preview Reports and Star Rating Preview Reports for the October 2023 Refresh (Home Health)

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare NAHC filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services last week (July 5, 2023) to block CMS from cutting Medicare rates that are expected to total over $18 billion over the next 10 years. The 30-page complaint can…… Continue reading National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) Files Lawsuit to Block Medicare Rate Cuts

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The purpose of CR 13225 (posted June 29, 2023) is to no longer bypass the edit requiring a matching patient assessment when a HH claim reports condition code DR and occurrence code 50. It also corrects processing of HH claims to ensure the medical review information…… Continue reading Corrections to Home Health Claims Edits

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the updated OASIS Error Message User Guide … Version 2.1 with the date of June 15, 2023. This is a 164-page document. The Interpreting Initial Feedback and Final Validation Reports is the companion guide.  It was last updated in December 2007 but is…… Continue reading OASIS (Home Health) Error Message User Guide Updated

CY2024 Home Health Proposed Rule Mary Madison, RN, RAC- CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Friday, June 30, 2023, CMS posted the public inspection copy of the Calendar Year 2024 Home Health PPS Proposed Rule.  This 392-page document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 07/10/2023 and available online at federalregister.gov/d/2023-14044, and…… Continue reading CY2024 Home Health Proposed Rule

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Members of the HHVBP Model Technical Assistance (TA) Team will provide an overview of the data and information available in the IPR, which will help home health agencies (HHAs) monitor their performance during the calendar year (CY) 2023 performance year. Note: Only CCNs with a Medicare-certification…… Continue reading Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model: Overview of the Interim Performance Report Webcast — July 27, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Reminder: April 2023 Pre-Implementation Performance Report Available on iQIES CMS issued the April 2023 Pre-Implementation Performance Report (PIPR) to competing HHAs via the Internet Quality Improvement Evaluation System (iQIES). Instructions on how to access the PIPR are available on the Expanded HHVBP Model webpage under “Model…… Continue reading Expanded HHVBP Model: April PIPR and Updated Measure Calculation Resources

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The April 2023 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) will be based on the standard number of quarters. For additional information on the COVID-19 public health…… Continue reading Home Health Quality Reporting Program: Care Compare Quarterly Refresh April 2023