Change on the Horizon for Decades-Old Home Health Agency Conditions of Participation

Change on the Horizon for Decades-Old House Health Agency Conditions of Participation

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Provider (CMS) has released last policies (CMS-3819-F) that will make significant modifications to the Medicare home health agency Conditions of Involvement (CoPs). These sweeping changes work July 13, 2017, and represent the most extensive changes to the CoPs since 1989. The last regulations, dated January 9, 2017, include numerous brand-new requirements connecting to: nursing; therapy and aide services; supervision assessments; patients’ rights; care planning; quality enhancement; clinical records; agency structure; governance; management; and other compliance obstacles for home health agencies (HHAs) that participate in Medicare and Medicaid (New york city State bases its program regulations on the CoPs). The compliance burden will be significant a.
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