Home Health & Hospice Week
OIG Trots Out Laundry List Of Home Care Fraudsters In Semiannual Report
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Reimbursement:
Monitor Outlier Takeback Corrections Carefully
Software glitch recoups $10 million from HHAs in error. Medicare has moved quickly to correct [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
OIG Trots Out Laundry List Of Home Care Fraudsters In Semiannual Report
Plus: Watchdog agency takes ZPICs to task for overlooking HHA fraud. As 2014 budget negotiations [...] - Documentation:
Stamp Signatures Are Generally A No-Go, But Attestation Statements Can Be Your Friend
Break down CMS’s requirements before you take a chance on the wrong use of signatures. [...] - Compliance:
Know This Rubber Stamp Signature Change
Most home care providers know that a physician must either submit a handwritten or electronic [...] - Clip And Save:
Consider This Sample Signature Attestation Lingo
Medicare Administrative Contractor Novitas Solutions says that although CMS does not require you to use [...] - Industry Note:
OIG Wants Prorated Hospital Pay For Discharges To Hospice
Move could lengthen hospital stays unnecessarily, CMS counters. Hospice lengths of stay may get even [...] - Industry Note:
PECOS Records Found Lacking.
Home care providers are still waiting to hear when Medicare will turn on its so-called [...] - Industry Note:
Tune In To Free ICD-10 Training Call
If you’re looking for a helping hand getting ready for ICD-10 next year, CMS may [...] - Industry Note:
Lighten Your F2F Load
Don’t worry about including face-to-face documentation when your MAC requests supporting records for a patient’s [...] - Industry Note:
Pay Attention To Details For Hospice NOEs
Make sure you’re not glossing over the details of Medicare’s hospice benefit when you have [...] - Industry Note:
Hospices On Payment Hook For Vaccinations
Expect to get calls from other providers seeking payment for vaccinations starting this fall. Why? [...] - Industry Note:
Download New Pricer
Download the newest version of the home health PC Pricer at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-ServicePayment/PCPricer/HH.html. The CY 2013 [...] - Industry Note:
Hospice Medical Director Guilty Of Kickbacks
A hospice medical director has been found guilty of taking kickbacks in a Medicare fraud [...] - Industry Note:
Chain Sheds 50 Locations
After reporting a $122 million loss in the last quarter of 2012, home care chain [...] - Industry Note:
LHC Buys 4 Agencies
Chain LHC Group Inc. plans to acquire the assets of AseraCare Home Health for undisclosed [...] - Education:
Get Training On Conditions Of Participation, HIPAA Changes
Plus, catch up on reimbursement updates and requirements You can receive vital information on these [...]
