Home Health & Hospice Week
MedPAC Lobbies For Lower Home Health Payment Rates
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Reimbursement:
PECOS Edits Are Upon You
Edits are based on Jan. 6 ‘From’ dates. You may have some extra weeks before [...] - Edits:
Ready Your PECOS Response Plan
Be prepared to turn away referrals from noncompliant physicians. Hopefully the vast majority of your [...] - Documentation:
Focus On These 7 Qualities To Boost Documentation
Support medical necessity, codes or risk denials. You already know that when the clinical record [...] - OASIS:
Watch for Under-Documented OASIS, Billing Areas
Be sure your documentation backs up your OASIS responses and resulting claims, especially with these [...] - Patient Privacy:
Implement An Information Security Management Process Before It's Too Late
Tip: Run your data security like a business. With so many reimbursement and regulatory changes [...] - HIPAA:
Get Expert Help For Your Security Policy
Follow the right framework to create and update your policy. As you wade through the [...] - HIPAA:
Follow This HIPAA Security Process Checklist
As you’re preparing your information security management process, keep this checklist from Jim Sheldon-Dean of [...] - Industry Note:
MedPAC Lobbies For Lower Home Health Payment Rates
Advisory body pushes home health copayment once again. Declining utilization and profit margins aren’t enough [...] - Industry Note:
MedPAC Wants A Rate Freeze For Hospices In 2015
Hospices have often gotten a pass from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission — but not [...] - Industry Note:
OIG Calls For More Home Health Cuts
Add the HHS Office of Inspector Gene-ral to the list of organizations that want lower [...] - Industry Note:
Newspaper Exposé Slams For-Profit Hospices For Long-Stay, Ineligible Patients
Expect hospice payment reform to get on an even faster track, thanks to a high-profile [...] - Industry Note:
Comment On Hospice Drug Coverage Guidance ASAP
If you were slammed by the holidays and didn’t have time to comment on Medicare’s [...]
