Starting with claims for services on January 1, 2023, the 2 E/M visit families titled “Domiciliary, Rest Home (e.g., Boarding Home), or Custodial Care Services” and “Home Services” are now 1 E/M code family. The new family is titled “Home or Residence Services.” Use the codes in this family to report E/M services you provide to a patient in:
CMS Issues New G-Codes For Telehealth Home Health Services
Data on telecommunications technology use during a 30-day period of care at the patient level isn’t currently collected on the Home Health (HH) claim. While the provision of services provided via a telecommunications system must be in the patient’s plan of care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) doesn’t routinely review plans of care to determine the extent these services are actually provided.
CY 2023 HCPCS Codes For Home Health Consolidated Billing
Effective, January 3, 2023, CMS will add the following codes to the home health consolidated billing non-routine supply code list:
CY 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update final rule (CMS-1766-F), which updates Medicare payment policies and rates for home health agencies (HHAs). This rule includes routine updates to the Medicare Home Health PPS and the home infusion therapy services’ payment rates for CY 2023, in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements.
Home Health Billing Update: The OASIS-E Launch is Coming
If you’re preparing for home health billing and home health coding strategy updates in 2023, now is the time to catch up on OASIS-E updates and how organizations like yours should get ready. The short answer is that the launch is scheduled soon, and that outsourced home health solutions might help fill in any gaps you have or address concerns.
