Home Health & Hospice Week
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Home Health & Hospice Week
- Hospice:
Medicare Proposes 2% Pay Increase For Hospices
Cap year switch to take place in 2017. MedPAC may be agitating for a hospice [...] - Quality:
Prepare For 2 New Hospice Quality Measures Next Year
Proposed measure focuses on visits in last days of life. If this year’s watchword is [...] - Quality:
7 Quality Measures To Comprise New Composite
A few more tweaks planned for HIS tool. Hospices have been submitting data for these [...] - Referrals:
Polish Your Processes In Prep For Publicly Reported Ratings
Hospice Compare, 5-star ratings on deck in new proposed rule. You’ve had a lot of [...] - Assessment:
Assessment Tool For Hospice Looms
Will hospices get their own OASIS? If you’ve been wondering if and when HIS would [...] - Industry Note:
End In Sight For F2F Probe & Educate Reviews?
Plus: If it hasn’t yet, your turn will come. If you’re not passing the Probe [...] - Industry Note:
Corrected Claims Glitch Could Cause Takebacks
Your claims that must be recoded to or from a high-therapy HIPPS code should now [...] - Industry Note:
Non-Profits Merge Under Reimbursement Pressures
Industry consolidation continues as reimbursement pressures squeeze home care and hospice providers. In Denver: the [...] - Industry Note:
Home Health Start-Up Aims High
A San Franciso-based home health start up has national aspirations. Jet Health disclosed $16.65 million [...] - Industry Note:
Senators Speak Out Against Prior Authorization
The comment period on CMS’s home health prior authorization demonstration may be over, but the [...] - Industry Note:
Doc Draws 9-Year Sentence For Home Care Fraud
After pleading guilty in February to receiving kickbacks in exchange for writing bogus home care [...] - Industry Note:
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If you’re not using two-factor authentication to safeguard your agency’s PHI, you may pay the [...]
