Home Health & Hospice Week
CMS Issues OASIS-C2 For January 2017 Implementation
Home Health & Hospice Week
- OASIS:
CMS Issues OASIS-C2 For January 2017 Implementation
Start your preparation now for the revamped assessment tool, expert urges. Home health agencies found [...] - Assessment:
Check Out 3 New Items Coming In OASIS-C2
Promised opt-out for weight doesn’t appear in new form. Just as you’re settling into using [...] - Education:
CMS Tweaks Lookback Period, Formatting In OASIS-C2
Many items renumbered. In its new OASIS-C2 tool released Dec. 22, the Centers for Medicare [...] - OASIS:
Medication, Wound Items See OASIS-C2 Changes
Put ‘worsening’ on top of your training list. If you’ve been focusing your OASIS training [...] - Medical Review:
Improper Pay Rate Spikes To Staggering 59% For HHAs
HHS insists F2F changes will help. Historically high profit margins aren’t the only problem dogging [...] - HIPAA:
OIG Calls For More HIPAA Enforcement
Watch for agency to get more aggressive, experts caution. As if you didn’t have enough [...] - Human Resources:
Pay Attention To Your Micromessages
Eliminate your unconscious negativity with these dos and don’ts. You could be devaluing and discouraging [...] - Industry Note:
MedPAC To Call For Another HHA Pay Cut In 2017
Influential advisory body to Congress also calls for more rebasing. Soon, MedPAC won’t be able [...] - Industry Note:
Your HIPAA P&P Could Avert A Costly Facebook-Sparked Payout
Will you be on the hook if one of your employees posts PHI on Facebook? [...] - Industry Note:
Prior Authorization Procedure Finalized For DME
CMS has finalized a rule requiring prior authorizations for certain durable medical equipment prosthetics, orthotics, [...] - Industry Note:
OIG Calls For Medicare Contractors To Get Tougher On Hospice Fraud
The HHS Office of Inspector General is keeping hospice fraud on its radar. “In the [...]
