Home Health & Hospice Week
This Good RAP News Is Actually Bad News
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Patient-Driven Groupings Model:
Final Rule Lowers Behavioral Cut — But Not Enough
Expect the cuts to keep on coming in the future. Home care providers are having [...] - Reimbursement:
HHA Rate Increase Holds Steady At 1.3%
PDGM to create winners and losers. A payment rate increase that would usually draw praise [...] - Billing:
That's A Wrap For RAPs
Medicare will eliminate advance payments altogether in 2021. If you aren’t on top of the [...] - Billing:
This Good RAP News Is Actually Bad News
NOA delay to 2022 isn’t the solution providers hoped for. If there was an idea [...] - Regulations:
Watch For Expansion Of OASIS To All Patients In Future Rule
Plus: Burdensome SPADE implementation, a maintenance therapy change, and more are on deck in final [...] - Hospice:
Is A 20% Cut To The Hospice Cap On The Horizon?
Reduction would disproportionately affect for-profit, freestanding hospices. If you butt up against your hospice cap, [...] - Industry Note:
Don't Look For PDGM Changes In 2020 Final Rule
You may find reasons, but not revisions. A sweeping new home health payment system takes [...] - Industry Note:
Kansas HHA Owes Millions After Audit, OIG Says
Once again, the HHS Office of Inspector General has backed off the number of claims [...] - Industry Note:
Hospices May Accept Drug Orders From PAs
While the red tape keeps mounting for hospices, there is a small snip to lend [...] - Industry Note:
Celebrate This Month
In the flurry of PDGM preparations, holiday scheduling, Review Choice Demonstration implementation looming, and more, [...] - Industry Note:
Tap New OASIS Training On GG0130A
While Medicare officials have just finalized plans to expand OASIS significantly with a host of [...] - Industry Note:
CHOWs Count Too For RAP Suppression
The official word is in: Provisional enhanced oversight does affect home care providers undergoing a [...] - Industry Note:
OASIS-D Specs Are Out
After a long wait, the OASIS-D data specifications have finally arrived. “The new version, V2.31.0, [...]
