{"id":7759,"date":"2022-09-23T12:38:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T18:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.amityhealthcaregroup.com\/?p=7759"},"modified":"2022-09-30T12:46:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T18:46:11","slug":"issue-date-september-23th-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.amityhealthcaregroup.com\/?p=7759","title":{"rendered":"Issue date: September 23th, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

AMITY’S NEWS<\/u><\/span>
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\nDid you know that \u2026.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026 Amity Healthcare Group provides ICD-10 coding and documentation review as follows:<\/p>\n

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  1. ICD \u2013 10 Coding<\/li>\n
  2. OASIS Review + ICD \u2013 10 coding<\/li>\n
  3. OASIS Review + POC (Plan of Care) Review<\/li>\n
  4. OASIS Review + ICD \u2013 10 Coding + POC (Plan of Care) Review<\/li>\n
  5. Episodic documentation review<\/li>\n
  6. Quality Trends Analysis and QAPI Development<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Take advantage of the OASIS review support as we enter OASIS-E era!<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

    For more information or a free trial, please contact us at 303-690-2749 or email at ig@amityhealthcaregroup.com<\/a><\/strong>
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    \nNATIONAL NEWS<\/u><\/span>
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    \nCMS Revises PHE Fact Sheets to Reflect Extension for use of Telehealth to Perform Home Health and Hospice Face-to-Face Encounters<\/u><\/span>
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    \nAs we discussed in our last newsletter, on August 18, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance related to the planned phase-out of COVID-19 waivers, regulations, and flexibilities. According to the provided guidance, most of the waivers and flexibilities are set to terminate at the eventual end of the Public Health Emergency (PHE).
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    \nIn August 18th documents, CMS indicated that the flexibilities currently allowing home health agencies and hospices to utilize telehealth for completion of their respective face-to-face (F2F) encounter requirements would also terminate with the end of the PHE. However, under the     Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022<\/a> (CAA 2022) Congress enacted provisions that extend the geographic and originating site requirement waivers (Section 301) and the waiver allowing use of telehealth to perform the hospice face-to-face encounter (Section 306) for 151 days following the end of the PHE.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    Subsequently, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) wrote to CMS officials requesting that they revise the guidance so that it reflects these legislative changes. In response to NAHC\u2019s request<\/a>, CMS officials acknowledged the changes made by the CAA 2022 and \u00a0indicated that they would correct the Fact Sheets to reflect that the home health and hospice F2F telehealth waivers will remain in effect through the 151st day following the end of the PHE<\/strong>. \u00a0CMS has posted updates to the Home Health and Hospice Fact Sheets reflecting the 151-day extensions.<\/p>\n

    Please see the updated Fact Sheets at:<\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/files\/document\/hospice-cms-flexibilities-fight-covid-19.pdf<\/a>
    \n    https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/files\/document\/home-health-agencies-cms-flexibilities-fight-covid-19.pdf<\/a>
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    CMS Releases Sequestration Reporting Instructions for Home Health Agencies<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    <\/span><\/span>On September 15, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued revised instructions<\/a> for the home health cost report. The revisions include a few minor technical corrections and provide instructions on how varying sequestration amounts allocated for 2022 are calculated (please refer to pages 46-49 of the instructions and, specifically, instructions for lines 32 and 32.75 to learn about how home health agencies are to calculate sequestration for the 1% effective April 1, 2022 and 2% effective July 1, 2022.
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    \nCMS Releases Sequestration Reporting Instructions for Home Health Agencies<\/u><\/span><\/span>\"September<\/p>\n

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    Launched in 2004, National Preparedness Month (NPM) is FEMA\u2019s national annual preparedness outreach. NPM is managed and sponsored by FEMA\u2019s Ready Campaign<\/u> that aims to educate and empower citizens during NPM and throughout the year to prepare for and respond to all types of emergencies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    2022 National Preparedness Month theme is A Lasting Legacy: \u201cthe life you\u2019ve built is worth protecting. Prepare for disasters to create a legacy for you and your family.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

    In the light of this, we would like to provide you with additional Emergency Preparedness Resources:<\/p>\n