Home Health & Hospice Week
HIPAA Phase 2 Audits In High Gear
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Prospective Payment System:
Home Health Pay Cut Threatens Access To Care
Reimbursement is below cost of care already, rural provider tells CMS. If Medicare wants to [...] - Payment:
Case Mix Recalibration's Time Component To Shortchange Chronic Care Patients
Enough with the case mix reshuffling, commenters tell CMS. Another payment year’s start will mean [...] - Reimbursement:
MedPAC Claims Home Health Cuts Don't Go Far Enough
An 8.8% profit margin is still too high, Medicare watchdog says. While you may feel [...] - Pre-Claim Review:
MAC Says PCR Denial Rate Lower Than Reported
Good news: You can now save a Pre-Claim Review request in progress. Whether request denials [...] - HIPAA:
Breach Reports Caused By Stolen Laptops Lead To $2.7M HIPAA Settlement
Don’t let mobile device theft send you down slippery HIPAA slope. A recent multi-million-dollar settlement [...] - Industry Note:
Faxed PCR Requests Don't Receive Faxed Responses In These Cases
Shorten PCR turnaround by knowing the ropes. If you fax a Pre-Claim Review request to [...] - Industry Note:
Number Of PPS Proposed Rule Comment Letters Drops Significantly
Home health agencies’ voices are getting quieter as Medicare keeps hacking away at their reimbursement [...] - Industry Note:
Your Patients May Need New DME Supplier In New Year
Medicare is patting itself on the back for cutting hundreds of millions of dollars annually [...] - Industry Note:
State Cracks Down On Private Duty Agencies
The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs fined 36 private duty home care agencies more [...] - Industry Note:
MAC Offers NOE Correction Advice In FAQ Update
Don’t make extra work for yourself and risk reimbursement delays when you don’t have to. [...] - Industry Note:
County Puts HHA On The Block After Persistent Losses
Another county is shedding its home health agency. The Bladen County Board of Commissioners in [...] - Industry Note:
HHA Adds Doc House Calls To Its List Of Services
More home care agencies are reaping the benefits of venturing outside their home care silo. [...] - Industry Note:
HIPAA Phase 2 Audits In High Gear
Back in July, the HHS Office for Civil Rights announced that Phase 2 of the [...]
