Home Health & Hospice Week
Texas Physician Convicted Of Home Health Fraud
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Prospective Payment System:
30-Day Period Billing Proposal Throws Agencies For A Loop
Each shortened period must meet LUPA threshold, CMS clarifies. In CMS’s latest Home Health Open [...] - Regulations:
CMS Punts On Budget Neutral Question For HHGM
Plus: Next Compare refresh may not look so fresh. The number-one question on many home [...] - Hospice:
Check QIES To See Whether 2% Cut Will Hit You Oct. 1
CAHPS, HEART also addressed in forum. If you didn’t receive a letter saying you’ll be [...] - Compliance:
Beef Up Your Compliance Efforts In Light Of 75-Year Sentence
Unprecedented jail term for home health fraud handed down. If you’ve been giving your compliance [...] - Compliance:
Don't Get Lulled Into Non-Compliance
Real-time data mining may nab more subtle errors. The spectacular scope of two fraud cases [...] - Survey & Certification:
No HHA Has Scored Moratoria Exception Yet
CMS should nix statewide bans, rep says. Although the Office of Management and Budget hasn’t [...] - Quality:
Hospice Compare Now Live
Hospices score lower on one measure. Potential patients, referral sources, and competitors, among others, can [...] - Quality:
Ready Or Not, You're Publicly Judged On These 7 Measures
Plus: Expect 8 more CAHPS measures to go live soon. Unless you don’t meet the [...] - Industry News:
OIG Adds Hospice Investigation To Its Work Plan
Focus on medication reimbursement continues. A new Work Plan topic for the HHS Office of [...] - Industry News:
Dial In For Free Info On New Spending Quality Measure
Find out more about the new IMPACT Act-required quality measure, Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary, in [...] - Industry News:
Proposal To Publish Accreditors' Survey Details Nixed
If you’re accredited by a third-party organization like JCAHO or CHAP, you don’t have to [...] - Industry News:
Texas Physician Convicted Of Home Health Fraud
A federal jury convicted Houston physician Ronald Kahn in a $1.5 million Medicare fraud scheme [...] - Industry News:
Ohio Nurse Convicted Of Fraud In Patient Death Case
An Ohio home care nurse who has already been sentenced by the state to serve [...]
