Home Health & Hospice Week
OIG Doubles Down On Hospice Crackdown
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Targeted Probe and Educate:
About Half Of HHAs Flunk Palmetto TPE Review
Major discrepancy between MACs shows in results. If you consider a 50 percent failure rate [...] - Medical Review:
Big Chunk Of TPE Denial Reasons Still A Mystery
Are you taking these 4 steps before submitting every claim? No matter which HHH Medicare [...] - Reimbursement:
Are Latest Payment Error Numbers Delaying RCD?
Home health errors account for 10% of overall Medicare improper pay rate. Dec. 10 came [...] - Hospice:
Hospice Payment Error Rate Dips
Bad news: Hospices had the highest rate of erroneous claims. The heavy hand that the [...] - Regulations:
See Where Your State Falls On Improper Payment Rate Spectrum
High claims volume doesn’t necessarily translate to high error rates. Wondering where the feds might [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
OIG Doubles Down On Hospice Crackdown
Plus: Senior Medicare Patrol investigation leads to $2 million hospice settlement. Home health agencies are [...] - Industry Note:
OIG Highlights Medicaid, Physician-Centered Home Health Cases
Medicaid agency settles fraud charges for $3.3 million. The HHS Office of Inspector General may [...] - Industry Note:
Rate Of Spending Growth Down 1%
Health care spending continues its slow and steady growth. “Overall national health spending grew at [...] - Industry Note:
Take A Look At Your Next Hospice Compare Data
Don’t miss your chance for a sneak preview of your Hospice Compare data. Hospice provider [...] - Industry Note:
Therapy Caps Transition To Therapy Thresholds
Home care providers that also furnish Part B outpatient therapy in the home should take [...] - Industry Note:
That U5181 Return You Think Is An Error May Be Legit
Beware an ongoing payment system glitch that could be hanging up your hospice claims — [...] - Industry Note:
Alaskan Providers Can Use Offered Regulatory Relief
Check out regulatory flexibility offered to providers affected by the Alaskan earthquake at www.cms.gov/Emergency. HHS [...] - Industry Note:
Tap This Updated HIPAA Education Tool
Find out more about HIPAA with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ newly updated [...] - Industry Note:
Massage Therapist, HHA Owner Plead Guilty
A Miami home health agency owner and a massage therapist masquerading as a physical therapist [...]
