Home Health & Hospice Week
CMS Touts Telehealth Expansion
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Fraud & Abuse:
OIG Hits HHAs Hard On Near-LUPA Episodes
Medicare overpaid HHAs $192 million for episodes slightly exceeding LUPA thresholds. LUPAs are more of [...] - Hospice:
Addendum Requirement Continues To Barrel Toward Hospices This Fall
Hospices have less than 2 months until implementation. Hospices hoping to get some breathing room [...] - Reimbursement:
Hospice Final Rule Reduces Pay Update Slightly
Big swings for wage index areas may batter already struggling hospices. A minor reduction in [...] - Regulations:
Hospice Final Rule Seems To Give Thumbs Up To Electronic Signatures
More good news: Contractors can’t trigger the condition for payment, only patients. There’s a lot [...] - Industry Notes:
Calculate Your PPP Loan Forgiveness With New Clarifications
Owners of multiple businesses can decide how to allocate their compensation. If you’re still trying [...] - Industry Notes:
NY Federal Court Decision Creates Potential Labor Law Risk.
A Department of Labor frequently asked question set from March may not be the final [...] - Industry Notes:
No-Pay RAPs And Related Penalties Loom On The Horizon
If you’d been hoping the penalty for late or no RAPs would go away for [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospices' PEPPER Reports Have Arrived And HHAs' Are Nearly Here
Now that providers’ pandemic-related break from PEPPER reports is over, it’s time for home care [...] - Industry Notes:
CMS Touts Telehealth Expansion
Telehealth expansion is on Medicare’s to-do list, but it may not touch home care providers [...] - Industry Notes:
PHE Gets Another Extension
The Department of Health and Human Services Secretary has officially extended the COVID-19 public health [...] - Industry Notes:
Take A Look At Corrected Reports
If you’ve looked at your Provider Preview Reports and/or the Quality of Patient Care Star [...] - Industry Notes:
Find Out How to Track Cost Reports
Bone up on the cost report system’s new tracking feature via a recording or transcript [...] - Industry Notes:
3 Indicted In $12M HH Scheme
A Michigan couple faces fraud and tax evasion charges in connection with a $12 million [...] - Industry Notes:
Authorities Continue To Focus On Medicaid Fraud — This Time In FL
Authorities have arrested a Florida Medicaid home and community-based services agency owner for an alleged [...]
