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Home Health & Hospice Week

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Published on Fri Aug 07, 2020

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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 [...]

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NY Federal Court Decision Creates Potential Labor Law Risk.
A Department of Labor frequently asked question set from March may not be the final [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Find Out How to Track Cost Reports
Bone up on the cost report system’s new tracking feature via a recording or transcript [...]

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3 Indicted In $12M HH Scheme
A Michigan couple faces fraud and tax evasion charges in connection with a $12 million [...]

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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 [...]

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