Home Health & Hospice Week
Facilities Shouldn't Treat Palliative Care Like Hospice
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Prior Authorization:
CMS Plunges Ahead With Prior Authorization Demonstration
First state hit with start date as early as Aug. 1. Despite vociferous protests across [...] - Medical Review:
How The Prior Auth Demonstration Will Work
MACs will have 10 business days to issue a decision under demo. With CMS intimating [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
HHAs Continue To Get Slapped With Fraud Rep
Home health ‘ripe for corrective action,’ federal watch dog says. Scrutiny of the home health [...] - Enforcement:
Hospice Industry Increasingly Profiled For Fraud
The OIG’s fraud hotline does sometimes produce results, case shows. Hospices should brace for more, [...] - Referrals:
Help Your Nursing Home Partners Learn How To Handle Hospice Assessments
Did they miss an important MDS update on hospice? Help keep your nursing home referral [...] - Referrals:
Facilities Shouldn't Treat Palliative Care Like Hospice
Help your nursing home partners lighten their SCSA burden. Give your skilled nursing facility partners [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Uses Your Own Data For Targeting
Watch for Medicare to continue Fraud Prevention System ramp-up. Know your data, so you can [...] - Industry Note:
Sequestration-Related Claims Glitch May Be Behind Your Recent Takebacks
If you’ve been wondering why you received a rash of takebacks recently, a sequestrationrelated claims [...] - Industry Note:
Clock Is Running Out On Your Chance To Give Feedback On Hospice Proposed Rule
If hospices want to give the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services a piece of [...] - Industry Note:
HHAs' First IMPACT Act Measure On Pressure Ulcers May See Revisions
Not totally sold on the first IMPACT Act quality measure home health agencies must deal [...] - Industry Note:
Chain Expands Presence In 2 States With Acquisitions
LHC Group is purchasing Professional Healthcare Resources based in Annandale, Va., and East Arkansas Health [...]
