Home Health & Hospice Week
Medicare Updates Manuals For CoPs, Physician Estimate Revisions
Home Health & Hospice Week
- OASIS:
Beware OASIS-D Noncompliance When Clinicians Use Judgment
Will your staff’s determinations stand up to scrutiny? Home health clinicians are three months into [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
HH Spending Down 12% In Fraud Hot Spots, OIG Crows
Plus: Here’s how OIG changes may play out under forthcoming PDGM. A federal watchdog agency [...] - Labor Law:
NY Minimum Wage Decision Brings Relief
Expect many more aide lawsuits to come. A new decision from a New York state [...] - Leadership Corner:
Follow These 2 Tips To Achieve Your Goals
Don’t miss these important steps. Successful people do more than set goals. They keep those [...] - Industry Note:
New Hospice Topic Shows Up On MAC Audit List
Check your LOS on Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other neuro patients. If you serve patients with [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare Updates Manuals For CoPs, Physician Estimate Revisions
The regulatory change that no longer requires a physician to estimate the length of time [...] - Industry Note:
Report: Don't Let Managed Care Ruin Hospice
If just 20 percent of Medicare decedents used hospice for two weeks before death, the [...] - Industry Note:
Make This Change Now For Spanish Language CAHPS
Home health agencies and their vendors that haven’t updated CAHPS survey materials due to the [...] - Industry Note:
No Joke: Random HIPAA Audits Launch In April
More HIPAA audits are on the way — but they won’t affect you directly yet. [...] - Industry Note:
Hardworking Hospice Nurse Garners Positive Publicity
Winter may have officially wrapped up, but the goodwill generated by hard-working home care workers [...] - Industry Note:
Minnesota HHA Pays $727K To Resolve False Claims
A voluntary disclosure has led to a nearly $727,000 repayment for a Minnesota home health [...] - Industry Note:
Health System Shutters Inpatient Hospice Unit
Family Hospice & Palliative Care, part of the UPMC health system based in Pittsburgh, will [...] - Industry Note:
OIG Runs Hundreds Of HH Investigations A Year
If you are wondering just how deeply the feds are diving into home care fraud [...] - Industry Note:
Beware NOE Impact On Sequential Billing
Don’t let claims for your hospice patient’s entire stay get derailed just because the first [...]
