Home Health & Hospice Week
MedPAC Continues To Beat The Unified Payment System Drum
Home Health & Hospice Week
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MedPAC Continues To Beat The Unified Payment System Drum
Commission accuses HHAs of gaming assessments for financial, quality gains. The impact may not be [...] - Reimbursement:
Don't Forget MedPAC's Call For Cuts On Top Of HH Cuts
PDGM rate reduction necessary, Commission says. If you’re hoping the imminent Home Health Prospective Payment [...] - Know Your Facts:
Watch Out: Falling HHA Indicators Still May Not Result In Behavioral Adjustment Elimination
‘For-profit’ seems to be a dirty word to MedPAC. Lawmakers will be checking out the [...] - HIPAA:
Amped-Up HIPAA Enforcement Should Put You On Notice
Enforcement actions in 2018 netted nearly $30 million. With PDGM on home health agencies’ plates [...] - Industry Note:
Watch For Nondiscrimination Compliance Changes
Trump administration rolls back Obama-era nondiscrimination requirements. If you changed your patient notices, website, education [...] - Industry Note:
Use Training To Help Avert Verbal Abuse
The shortage of home care aides isn’t being helped by the likelihood of abuse in [...] - Industry Note:
Hold Off On Resubmitting Claims, MAC Says
If National Government Services is your HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor and you received claim acknowledgements [...] - Industry Note:
MAC Highlights Physicians' Home Care Duties
One HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor is laying out docs’ referral responsibilities, but also may be [...] - Industry Note:
Get Ready For This Change July 1
Expect your Direct Data Entry screens to look different come July 1. That’s when a [...] - Industry Note:
State Poised To Allow Patient Poaching
State legislation to ban non-compete and non-solicitation clauses in home care workers’ contracts appears to [...] - Industry Note:
CA OKs Joint Commission For Hospice
The California Department of Public Health has approved Joint Commission accreditation as an option for [...] - Industry Note:
MAC Sorts Out Some RCD Operational Details
Review Choice Demonstration contractor Palmetto GBA has a few reminders for providers that are under [...] - Industry Note:
Help Protect Patients Against New Medicare Scam
If your patients ask your staff questions about cheek swabs for tests that their referring [...]
