Home Health & Hospice Week
Wildfire-Impacted Agencies Qualify For OASIS Waiver
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Payment:
Home Health Pay Error Rate Drops Dramatically To 17.6%
Don’t expect the lower rate to translate to easier oversight, however. After years of being [...] - Hospice:
Tougher Surveys May Be Ahead, Thanks To OIG Probes
Are you ready for your survey results to end up on Hospice Compare? With Medicare [...] - Billing:
Get Familiar With New Claims Requirement For County Code
Don’t let new claim element slow your cash flow in the new year. Make sure [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
Dallas & Detroit Cases Rack Up Convictions, Guilty Pleas, And Prison Sentences
Three more guilty pleas entered in Novus case. Nine defendants are on track for a [...] - Reimbursement:
Polish Your Appeals Practices To Rescue Reimbursement
Investing in your appeals process is worth the payoff. Receiving some denials may be all [...] - Industry Note:
Mind Your POC Signatures Or Face Denials
Reviewers want to see it all, MAC emphasizes. Make sure you aren’t committing this common [...] - Industry Note:
HIS Guidance Has Changed, But HIS Items Have Not
Access new guidance on completing Hospice Item Set questions accurately in the updated HIS Manual. [...] - Industry Note:
See Your HH PPS Rates For 2019
You can see a summary of your 2019 HH PPS payment rates and policies in [...] - Industry Note:
Accessing CWF To Get More Complicated
If you want to use the Common Working File, soon you’ll need to undergo verification [...] - Industry Note:
Wildfire-Impacted Agencies Qualify For OASIS Waiver
Home health agencies affected by the wildfires in California can take advantage of a blanket [...] - Industry Note:
Enrollment Application Fee Makes Big Jump
If you thought $569 was a hefty application fee for Medicare enrollment for institutional providers [...] - Industry Note:
OCR Updates HIPAA Audit Protocols
With little fanfare and no release, the HHS Office for Civil Rights has updated its [...] - Industry Note:
Record-Breaking HIPAA Settlement Announced
As 2014 ended and 2015 began, private payer Anthem Inc. suffered the biggest HIPAA violation [...]
