Home Health & Hospice Week
Beware Tricky NOA Submissions
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Value-Based Purchasing:
HHAs Get Breathing Room On Value-Based Purchasing
This time next year you should be putting finishing touches on your VBP implementation plans. [...] - Payment:
National Cohorts Here To Stay, As Is Risk Level
Watch for the VBP base year to possibly change. While the one-year delay to Home [...] - Patient-Driven Groupings Model:
‘Surprise Pay Boost’ Features In 2022 Final Rule
CMS expects to fund more outlier episodes. The 2022 home health final rule may not [...] - Reimbursement:
CMS Shuts Down HHAs On Behavioral Adjustment
Is the budget neutrality cup half full or half empty? Home health agencies have been [...] - OASIS:
HHAs’ OASIS-E Reprieve Cut Short By Final Rule
Watch for draft of revamped assessment tool in early summer. If you’re under pressure from [...] - Conditions of Participation:
HHAs Win Important Change In Aide Supervision Flexibility
CMS tries for middle ground with change to observation for aides of nonskilled patients. A [...] - Therapy:
Permanent OT Assessments For Therapy-Only Cases Sail Through Finalization
Cases involving nursing are still status quo — at least for now. A Consolidated Appropriations [...] - Quality:
Get To Know Your New HCI Components
Say goodbye to current hospitalization measures, and hello to a new ‘potentially preventable’ hospitalization measure. [...] - Hospice:
Hospices Secure Some Key Changes In Coming Survey Revamp
Special Focus Program taken off fast track. The 2022 home health final rule will make [...] - Industry Note:
Home Infusion Rates To Increase 5%
New benefit sees a pay bump. Home health agencies aren’t the only ones seeing a [...] - Industry Notes:
Health System Self-Discloses HH & Hospice Errors, Pays $18M
A health system is forking over more than $18 million for bogus home health and [...] - Industry Notes:
Beware Tricky NOA Submissions
Don’t forget that home health Notices of Admission are “right around the corner,” emphasized a [...]
