Home Health & Hospice Week
Beware Homebound Definition Changes
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Reimbursement:
PECOS Denial Edits To Hit In January
Often-delayed edits checking for referring physicians’ NPI and PECOS record get a new start date. [...] - Survey & Certification:
Deemed Agencies Will Bypass New Alternative Sanctions
Tip: Be sure you have surveyors’ new playbook. Want to avoid punishing new alternative sanctions, [...] - Compliance:
These Factors May Determine Your Survey Fate Under Sanctions
If your larger organization has troubles, then sanctions are more likely. One of the scariest [...] - Prospective Payment System:
Medicare Delays Final Payment Rule
But rebasing cuts are still on track for Jan. 1. You’ll have to wait a [...] - Survey & Certification:
New Alternative Sanctions Not Yet Imposed
Expect sanctions at resurvey time. Three of the five new alternative sanctions for home health [...] - Hospice:
More Edits Sweep Hospices
Medical reviewers target nursing home patients, long LOS, non-cancer diagnoses. If you thought medical review [...] - Regulations:
Beware Homebound Definition Changes
CMS highlights homebound enforcement. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has followed through on [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare Cracks Down On Hospice Drugs
Analgesics presumed to be related to terminal illness in latest initiative. Don’t be surprised if [...] - Industry Note:
You'll Have One Month To Submit HIS Data
Want to find out more about the Hospice Item Set CMS will require hospice providers [...] - Industry Note:
HHAs Serve As Test Subjects For Fraud Baseline
Home health is serving as a guinea pig in one Medicare fraud initiative, reveals a [...] - Industry Note:
Celebrate National Home Care & Hospice Month
You still have time left to celebrate National Home Care & Hospice Month this month. [...] - Industry Note:
OIG Recommends $75K Recoup From Colo. Hospice
Medicaid hospice payments continue to draw the attention of the HHS Office of Inspector General, [...] - Industry Note:
Hospice Settles Whistleblower Suit For $3 Million
Whistleblowers may be able to place a target on your agency for a False Claims [...] - Industry Note:
PECOS Streamlining May Help Avert Denials
Want to help your stubborn referring physicians who haven’t enrolled in PECOS to do so [...]
