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RCD Telehealth F2F Information
RCD Telehealth F2F Information Article provided by CMS - MLN Booklet dated April 2025 Palmetto had a webcast about Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) on October 1. During this webinar, Palmetto staff stated tat all SOCs dated on or after October 1, 2025 would require...
Update on Medicare Operations: Telehealth, Claims Processing, and Medicare Administrative Contractors Status During the Shutdown
Update on Medicare Operations: Telehealth, Claims Processing, and Medicare Administrative Contractors Status During the Shutdown Article provided by CMS - MLN Connects Special Edition dated Wednesday, October 1, 2025 When certain legislative payment provisions...
HOPE Update – Registration for iQIES Open and Validation Utility Tool (VUT) Released | Article by: Michael Tidd, COS-C, HCS-D
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...
CMS Medicare Fraud Scheme Identified | Article by: Michael Tidd, COS-C, HCS-D
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...
Telehealth Extension | Article by: Michael Tidd, COS-C, HCS-D
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...
April ICD-10 Changes | Article by: Michael Tidd, COS-C, HCS-D
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...
Value-Based Purchasing Changes for 2025
These are the proposed changes to the Value-Based Purchasing model that would become effective in 2025. Removal of 5 existing measures Discharge to Community Total Normalized Composite Change in Mobility Change in Self-Care Measures Acute Care Hospitalization...
OASIS Data Specifications V3.01.0 – effective Jan 2025
The Outcome and Assessment Information Set Version E1 (OASIS-E1) Data Submission Specifications Version 3.01.0 are now available. This DRAFT version applies to the OASIS-E1 item set, which is scheduled for implementation on January 1, 2025. Section GG Goal items will...
Synergy EMR Update – 7.23
Synergy Web/EMR Version 7.23 Release Notes Upgraded Features or Functionality NEW HELP PAGE with video tutorials! Ability to set a custom home screen as your default home screen upon login All Documents List – can sort by category now EMC Submission Screens –...
DX Code Changes
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...
Updated COVID-19 Vaccines Providing Protection Against Omicron Variant Available at No Cost
Updated COVID-19 Vaccines Providing Protection Against Omicron Variant Available at No Cost The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), through CMS, announced that people with Medicare, Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage, private insurance...