CMS Guidance

Home Health Final Rule Extends Exclusion Screening Obligation: Failure to Screen Could Result in Termination from Medicare

By Paul Weidenfeld and Catalina Jandorf  The new Final Rule issued by CMS revising the conditions of participation for home health agencies (HHAs) requires that providers “must ensure” that agencies providing services under arrangement have not been excluded from Medicare, Medicaid or any other federal health care program.  Effective July 17, 2017, the rule also states […]