Never before has a home health agency leader required such close contact with so many industry regulatory bodies and changes. Operationally, clinically, and financially the need to keep current is fierce. This week we are providing a handy list of key homehealth related websites. You may have websites you think should be added. Please let us know.
ABN, HHABN, and the Notice of Medicare Non-Coverage, aka Expedited Determination Notice:
http://www.cms.gov/BNI/
Abt Associates- “Analysis of Home Health Case-Mix Change 2000-2008:
www.cms.gov/center/hha.asp
Billing in Home Health- Chapter 10 Medicare Claims Processing Manual:
www.cms.hhs.gov/manuals
CASPER Reports:
http://www.cms.gov/HomeHealthQualityInits/16_HHQIOASISOBQI.asp
CMS new URL-
www.cms.gov
CMS Sponsored Calls:
http://www.cms.gov/HomeHealthQualityInits/02_CMSSponsoredCalls.asp#TopOfPage
CMS Website Wheel:
http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/02_Catalog.asp
CMS ICD9-CM Coding Guidelines:
http://www.cms.gov/ICD9ProviderDiagnosticCodes/
CMS Interpretive Guidelines:
http://www.cms.gov/GuidanceforLawsAndRegulations/06_HHAs.asp
Conditions of Participation (CoPs):
http://www.cms.gov/CFCsAndCoPs/12_homehealth.asp#TopOfPage
CY2011 HHPPS Proposed Rule:
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010pdf/2010-17753.pdf
False Claims Act:
http://www.cms.gov/smdl/downloads/SMD032207Att2.pdf
Food and Drug Association Safety Communications:
www.CMS.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/PostmarketdrugSafetyInformationfor PatientsandProviders/ucm204882.htm
GROUPER effective October 1, 2010:
www.cms.gov/homehealthpps/05_casemixgroupersoftware.asp/
HHCAHPs:
Proposed PPS Rule
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/R9-18587.pdf
CAHPs Survey
https://www.homehealthcahps.org
Home Health Quality Improvement National Campaign (free resources):
www.homehealthquality.org/hh/about/default.asp
http://www.cms.gov/HomeHealthQualityInits/Downloads/HHQIOBQIManual.pdf
Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs):
http://www.cms.gov/GuidanceforLawsAndRegulations/06_HHAs.asp
MAC Protest: www.palmettogba.com/palmetto/providers/providers.nsf/DocsCatHome/Jurisdiction%2011%20Pa520A%20B
Medicare Learning Network (MLN): Web-based training courses:
www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/NPIBooklet.pdf
Medicaid Integrity Contractors (MICs):
http://www.cms.gov/ProviderAudits/Downloads/mipmicontractors.pdf
New York Compliance Program for hints of what may be coming nationally: www.omig.state.ny.us/data/images/stories/provider_compliance/adopted_regulations_521.pdf
OASIS-C:
http://www.cms.gov/HomeHealthQualityInits/12_HHQIOASISDataSet.asp#TopOfPage
Office of Civil Rights (OCR): HIPAA:
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/index.html
OIG 194 page report:
www.oig.hhs.gov/publications/docs/compendium/compendium2010.pdf
Physician certification Limitation of Liability Language, CMS Publication 100-4, Chapter 30, 10
www.cms.hhs.gov/manuals/downloads/clm104c30.pdf
Potentially Avoidable Event Report (Formerly, the Adverse Events Report):
www.cms.gov/HomeHealth QualityInits/18_HHQIOASISOBQM.asp
Quality Measures- HHQI Home Health Quality Measures
www.cms.gov/HomeHealthQualityInits/10_HHQIQualityMeasures.asp
http://www.cms.gov/HomeHealthQualityInits/15_PBQIProcessMeasures.asp#TopOfPage
Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs):
http://www.cms.gov/rac/
Red Flags Rule:
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/10/redflags.shtm
Zone Z-PICs:
http://www.cms.gov/manuals/downloads/pim83c04.pdf
Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurses (WOCN)
http://www.wocn.org/