by Edleen | Aug 5, 2025 | Articles by Michael Tidd, Latest News
HOPE Update – Registration for iQIES Open and Validation Utility Tool (VUT) Released | Michael Tidd, COS-C, HCS-D CMS has opened the enrollment process for iQIES preparation in preparation for the HOPE being implemented on October 1, 2025. This afternoon, the...
by Edleen | Jun 24, 2025 | Articles by Michael Tidd, Latest News
CMS Medicare Fraud Scheme Identified | Michael Tidd, COS-C, HCS-D CMS has identified a Medicare Fraud Scheme and is alerting agencies to protect patient PHI. The only information CMS is able to provide is that agencies are receiving faxes from an unknown entity posing...
by Edleen | Apr 15, 2025 | Articles by Michael Tidd, Latest News
TeleHealth Extension| Michael Tidd, COS-C, HCS-D Congress has extended the ability to use Telehealth for the F2F as in home health and hospice. This was one of the additions included in the funding bill that prevented the government shut down on March 15. This...
by Edleen | Mar 10, 2025 | Articles by Michael Tidd, Latest News
April ICD-10 Changes | Michael Tidd, COS-C, HCS-D CMS has announced changed to ICD-10 coding manual and Coding Guidelines effective April 1, 2025. There are NO actual changes to the ICD-10 code set. The changes are instead in the Alphabetic and Tabular Indexes...
by Staff | Oct 3, 2022 | Articles by Michael Tidd, Latest News
October brings fall weather and starts the transition into seasonal celebrations. For home health agencies, it also begins a bit of chaos and headaches for diagnosis coding. This is because some old diagnosis codes that we have been using for years are no longer...
