Home Health & Hospice Week
HHAs In RCD Demo States Should Start Prep Yesterday
Don’t discount PDGM’s exacerbation of the pre-claim review program’s impact. Illinois home health agencies are [...]
MAC: Like It Or Not, You're On The Hook For Physicians' Documentation
Tip: Make sure claim is supported before you submit it. You may not be able [...]
Make Sure Your Administrator Reports Directly To Gov. Body
Keep working on compliance with new CoPs. You could risk a survey deficiency if you [...]
Know The CoPs Ruling Your Administrator Duties
Medicare surveyors cited hundreds of agencies on administrator CoP since new requirements took effect. Be [...]
Publicly Traded Chain Buys 50-Year-Old Provider
Plus: Check out the latest deals from coast to coast. Acquisition of a longstanding agency [...]
Check Your RAP Stats With This Report From Medicare
Get familiar with Comparative Billing Reports. You can find out if your Request for Anticipated [...]
OIG Investigated Scores Of Hospices Last Year
Hospice oversight continues to ramp up, and a recent HHS Office of Inspector General report [...]
Do You Know These New Cost Report Requirements?
If not, you could be risking payment suspension. You’ll soon receive a cost report reminder [...]
MBI Usage Rises Again
Providers submitting Medicare claims are closing in on the three-fourths mark for using MBIs. For [...]
Choose Who Signs Up For eServices Carefully
Illinois home health agencies getting ready to go under the Review Choice Demonstration need to [...]
CMS Adds Podcast Ep
You can check out the latest episode of the podcast from the Centers for Medicare [...]
Download Your New Hospice PEPPER
The newest hospice PEPPER report is now available. The free benchmarking report from Medicare covers the [...]
GAO Pushes For More Prior Authorization
Don’t count on Medicare seeing the error of its ways when it comes to preauthorization [...]
HH DON Fraudster Gets 10 Years In Prison
A federal judge has handed down another relatively stiff prison sentence related to a Houston [...]