Home Health & Hospice Week
HHH MAC Region Transitions From NHIC To NGS
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Reimbursement:
Edits Targeting Therapy Net Massive F2F Denials Instead
Diagnosis codes alone won’t fulfill F2F. Is the face-to-face documentation for your patients airtight? If [...] - Billing:
Know The Codes Palmetto Is Targeting
HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA targeted claims with 2CGK* and 1BGP* HIPPS codes, reviewing [...] - Medical Review:
Deploy These 8 Strategies To Defend Against F2F Scrutiny
Revamping your admission process may save your reimbursement. If your face-to-face documentation isn’t up to [...] - Patient Privacy:
Be Ready To Give Patients Their Records Electronically
Beware this frequently missed HIPAA mandate. You’re violating new HIPAA requirements if you only give [...] - Hospice:
GIP Features In Supplemental Comparative Billing Report
Hospice diagnosis coding changes will hit hard, report indicates. Don’t be surprised to see Medicare [...] - Industry Notes:
Keep Your Eye On Washington As Budget Negotiations Unfold
Warning: More Medicare cuts could be on the way in mere months. The [...] - Industry Note:
E-Mail Gaffe Leads To Hospice HIPAA Breach Notification
A slip-up by a hospice employee is leading to some bad press for one hospice [...] - Industry Note:
New Change Of Care Notice Required In December
You’ve got about a month-and-a-half to get up to speed on the new CCN and [...] - Industry Note:
HHH MAC Region Transitions From NHIC To NGS
The HH&H MAC workload for provid-ers in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and [...] - Industry Note:
Verify Your MAC Info
It may seem like you just did it, but there’s a good reason you need [...] - Industry Note:
Nation's Largest Home Care Chain Grows Larger
The nation’s largest home care chain has gotten even larger. Gentiva Health Services Inc., which [...] - Industry Note:
Hospice Owner Convicted
A hospice owner indicted two years ago has been found guilty of Medicare fraud in [...] - Industry Note:
Doc Housecall Co. Owners Found Guilty
Father-and-son owners of a physician housecall company have been convicted of Medi-care fraud related to [...] - Industry Note:
CNA Praised In Fire Rescue
Hospices may be getting a black eye in the press lately, but they also get [...] - Industry Note:
Home Care Therapist Tops OIG's Fugitive List
An indicted physical therapist in the large home care fraud schemes that took place in [...]
