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Home Health Information
Resource for Medicare


Welcome to the CMS Medicare resource for Home Health. This Home Health web page has been developed to incorporate all Home Health specific information in one place. Also included is an alphabetical listing of all information related to Home Health. We will continue to add information to this page as it becomes available, and hope to improve both functionality and formatting to make the page more user-friendly.


Stay Informed - Check out the Home Health ListServ


Home Health Highlights




Go to Medlearn Matters Articles "Medlearn Matters...Information for Medicare Providers"articles are designed to help providers understand new or changed Medicare policy

Alphabetical Listing | Contacts | Enrollment | Practice Admin | Education | Forms| How to Stay Informed | Medicare Secondary Payer| Initiatives | Participation | Program Integrity/Medical Review | Coding/Billing/Payment Systems| OASIS | Preventive Services | Regulations | Research


Enrollment

Provider Enrollment for Home Health Agencies

Participation

CMS Guidance to State Survey Agency Directors and CMS Regional Offices

Conditions of Participation: Home Health Agencies

Conditions of Participation: Home Health Agency Resource Directory

Policies/Regulations

Home Health Agency Prospective Payment System Policy Issues & Regulations

Home Health Agency Quarterly Provider Update

CMS-1727-P Medicare Program; "Provider Reimbursement Determinations and Appeals"

  • CMS-1727-P, (adobe pdf 319Kb) Published at the Office of the Federal Register June 25, 2004
  • CMS-1727-P (Microsoft Word zipped 114Kb) On Display June 24, 2004

The CMS Online Manual System
This page includes links to the CMS Manual System (Internet-Only Manuals), Paper-Based Manuals, Program Transmittals and Program Memoranda.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

  • CMS-0045-F(pdf 248Kb) - HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Standard Unique Health Identifier for Health Care Providers

Medicare Coverage Homepage

Medicare National Determinations Manual

Coding/Billing/Payment Systems

Health Insurance Prospective Payment System (HIPPS) Codes

Home Health Prospective Payment System

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)(Billing)- Medicare information on electronic transactions under HIPAA.

Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)

ICD9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee

FY 2003 Updates to the ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes Effective October 1, 2002

Preventive Services

Preventive Services Homepage: information on various activities geared toward disease prevention and health promotion

Immunizations

Program Integrity/Medical Review

Fighting Fraud and Abuse

Medicare Medical Review Program

Medicare Secondary Payer

Medicare Coordination of Benefits

Contacting the Coordination of Benefits Contractor(COBC)

Medicare Secondary Payer and You Page

Medicare Secondary Payer Questions

Initiatives

Beneficiary Notices Initiative (BNI)

Home Health Quality Initiative

Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)

OASIS

Home Health Agency OASIS Statement of Patients Privacy Rights

Research

CMS Research Activities: The Active Projects Report

Health Care Industry Market Update--Home Health

Public Use File for Download

Key Data on Health Care Financing (includes tables on Medicare enrollment)

Medicare Home Health Agency Utilization by State (CY 2000)

1980-1998 State Health Care Expenditures Tables {Choose by All Payers (Home Health Care), Medicare, Medicaid, or States.}

Statistics and Data

Practice Administration Information Resource

Practice Administration Information Resource

Education

Medicare Learning Network: using the Internet as a learning resource

How to Stay Informed

Federal Register Online via GPO Access: Database for the 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 Federal Register

Frequently Asked Questions

ListServs: Browse and join the many ListServs offered through NIH

Medicare and Medicaid Program Instructions: Program instructions are day-to-day operating instructions, policies and procedures based on statutes and regulations, guidelines, models, and directives.

Open Door Forum: Home Health, Hospice, and Durable Medical Equipment

Press Releases: CMS Media Release Search

The CMS Quarterly Provider Update

Contacts

Intermediary & Carrier Directory

Quality Improvement Organizations

Regional Offices Link

State and Federal Medicaid Contacts

Forms

Home Health Advance Beneficiary Notice

CMS 855 Forms (Provider Enrollment)

All CMS Forms


Alphabetical Listing | Contacts | Enrollment | Practice Admin | Education | Forms| How to Stay Informed | Medicare Secondary Payer| Initiatives | Participation | Program Integrity/Medical Review | Coding/Billing/Payment Systems| OASIS | Preventive Services | Regulations | Research

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Last Modified on Thursday, September 30, 2004