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Medicare Reveals More PDGM Billing Instructions

Code change doesn’t necessarily trigger SCIC assessment — but could be red flag. Diagnosis coding will be occupying more of home health agencies’ focus under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model — but there will be one less coding-related requirement to worry about. Starting Jan. 1, the principal and “other” diagnosis codes won’t have to match between a patient’s OASIS assessment and [...]
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