Home Health & Hospice Week
Mass. Agency Owner Arrested For Fraud
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Prospective Payment System:
Proposed HHGM Changes Stir Up Therapists
CMS expects agencies providing more therapy visits to see bigger pay cuts under pay reform. [...] - Payment:
HHGM Bell Tolls For Therapy-Intensive HHAs
It’s not just your imagination — Medicare is out to cut therapy reimbursement with the [...] - Therapy:
The Gaming Will Go On
Eliminating therapy from case mix won’t fix what ails it, commenters say. The Centers for [...] - Reimbursement:
$1 Billion Payment Cut Will Not Improve Home Health Care
Get your act together on case mix, commenters tell CMS. To eliminate therapy as a [...] - PPS:
Payment Reform Must Be Budget-Neutral
One of the most important tenets of a viable payment reform model is that it [...] - OASIS:
OASIS Edit Will Return — Not Deny — Claims, For Now
Take 3 steps to resolve 37253 problems. The OASIS edit that took effect in April [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Slows Implementation Of Cross-Setting Measures
These IMPACT Act elements shouldn’t impact you in 2018. You’ll have one less thing to [...] - Industry Note:
HHGM Bill Disappoints
A new bill to delay the Home Health Groupings Model may not be all home [...] - Industry Note:
Toe The Sequential Billing Line, MAC Warns
Failing to follow sequential billing rules for hospice is not only cash flow-draining, it’s also [...] - Industry Note:
Mass. Agency Owner Arrested For Fraud
The owner of Worcester, Massachusettsbased Lifestream Healthcare Alliance has been arrested on Medicaid fraud charges [...] - Industry Note:
Don't Include Patient Names On Hospice Adjustment List
If you want to take advantage of easier hospice billing corrections for Routine Home Care [...] - Industry Note:
Hospital Closes Agency
Another hospital-based home health agency has closed. Wallowa Memorial Hospital in Enterprise, Oregon, shuttered its [...] - Industry Note:
Hurricane Scams A Threat
Con artists always know to strike when the irons are hot. And in the midst [...]
