by John Reisinger | Mar 12, 2017 | CMS Rule Making, Federal Register
The Rule-Making Process is an opportunity presented to us in the home health industry to submit comments and/or concerns to CMS to try to influence a Proposed Rule or Regulation. The Rule-Making Process: An Unknown Opportunity I have worked in the Home Health &...
by John Reisinger | Mar 29, 2016 | CMS Proposed Rules, Prior Authorizations for Home Health Services
On Feb 5, 2016, CMS proposed a new regulation to establish a Prior Authorization Requirement for Home Health services provided in 5 select states: Florida, Texas, Illinois, Michigan, and Massachusetts The following was extracted from that notice: Type of...
by John Reisinger | Mar 29, 2016 | CMS Proposed Rules, Prior Authorizations for Home Health Services
Following is a copy of the comments that I submitted regarding the CMS proposal of establishing a Prior Authorization Requirement for all home health services in the five states noted (FL, TX, IL, MI & MA). I give anyone/everyone free rights to use my comments...
by John Reisinger | Oct 30, 2015 | 2016 HH PPS Rule, FINAL Rule for 2016, Home Health PPS Rule
CMS has issued the pre-publication version of: CY 2016 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; and Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements today (10/29/15) at 4:15 pm. This is available at the Federal Register...
by John Reisinger | Aug 16, 2015 | Financial Fundamentals
Financial Fundamentals in Home Health: where have they gone? Financial Fundamentals in Home Health have greatly deteriorated since the inception of PPS. To succeed, HHAs will have to re-introduce them to their operations. Most HHAs do have some level of financial...