Industry updates that apply generally to home health and hospice.
With medical marijuana legalized in more than half of the United States, more and more home care and hospice patients are taking it to help them manage a variety […]
Effective July 18, 2016, all Medicare-certified healthcare organizations must notify patients about how they comply with nondiscrimination requirements. Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in certain health programs and activities.
On January 1, 2016, Change Request 9369 goes into effect, requiring that home health and hospice agencies use two separate G Codes when billing for skilled registered nurse (G0299) and licensed practical nurse services (G0300) to distinguish which service was provided during each visit.
