Home Health & Hospice Week
COP Proposal Contains Some Pluses
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Compliance:
CMS Proposes Revised COPs
‘Dramatic changes’ ahead for Conditions of Participation. Nearly 20 years ago, Medicare proposed changes to [...] - Regulations:
Get Ready For These Major Changes To The COPs
Expect finalization of the COPs next year. The first changes to the home health COPs [...] - Quality Improvement:
Roll Up Your Sleeves For Some Serious QAPI Work
Proposed COP revisions contain more than just tweaks. Leave space in your calendar for COP [...] - Compliance:
COP Proposal Contains Some Pluses
Sixty-day summary change should please while discharge proposal is impossible. The newly proposed revisions to [...] - Documentation:
Beef Up Clinical Records Or Risk Deficiencies Under New COPs
Make sure your records contain these 6 proposed elements. How robust are your clinical records? [...] - Regulations:
Beware This Discharge Provision In New COPs
Aide and HIPAA changes may bring new headaches, too. At first glance, the proposed Conditions [...] - Labor Law:
Don't Let Exemption Delay Lure You Into Lawsuits
DOL puts off enforcement 6 months. Elimination of the companionship exemption to minimum wage and [...] - Industry Notes:
High-Therapy Claims Rack Up More Denials
Twenty-plus therapy visits are a red flag. Face-to-face and OASIS problems continue to dog high-therapy [...] - Industry Notes:
New F2F-Focused Review Underway, Trade Group Says
Thought you’d seen the last of scrutiny for face-to-face claims, now that the physician narrative [...] - Industry Notes:
IMPACT Law To Bring Data Changes As Well As More Frequent Hospice Surveys
Watch for efforts to standardize the patient data you collect across post-acute care settings, now [...] - Industry Notes:
Watch This Reason For Bogus Claims Suspensions
If you’re having trouble with claims suspending with reason code E4502, you’ll have to wait [...] - Industry Notes:
Laws Other Than HIPAA May Launch Patient Privacy Lawsuits
HIPAA isn’t your only compliance wor-ry when it comes to patients’ health information. Plaintiffs are [...]
