Home Health & Hospice Week
2016 Hospice Cost Report Missing Information
Line 3 Employee Benefits - missing from 13.80% of reports in 2016 (385 reports) Source: CMS 2018 proposed rule for FY 2019 hospice payment.
Line 4 Administrative & General - missing from 0.29% of reports (8)
Line 5 Plant Operations and Maintenance - missing from 45.16% of reports (1,260)
Line 13Volunteer Services Coordination - missing from 37.71% of reports (1,052)
Line 14 Pharmacy - missing from 12.47% of reports (348)
Line 28 Registered Nurse - missing from 1.22% of reports (34)
Line 37 Hospice Aide and Homemaker Services - missing from 2.69% of reports (75)
Line 38 Durable Medical Equipment/Oxygen - missing from 11.65% of reports (325)
Line 41 Labs Diagnostics - missing from 22.83% of reports (637)
Line 1 Capital Related Costs, Building and Fixtures - missing from 17.13% of reports (478)
Line 33 Medical Social Services - missing from 4.37% of reports (122)
Missing Any Of The Above - 65.59% of reports (1,830)
Home Health & Hospice Week
- OASIS:
New OASIS Q&A Sheds Light On ROC Date Change Under CoPs
Switch: You aren't limited by the 2-day time frame, CMS clarifies. A new set of [...] - Reimbursement:
Hospice Pay Rates To Rise 1.8% Next Year
Watch out: Reducing RHC rates with rebalancing is still on CMS's future agenda. Starting in [...] - Hospice:
Cost Report Changes To Hit Hospices Hard, Rule Indicates
Sixty-six percent of hospice cost reports in 2016 would fail new edits. The recently announced [...] - 2016 Hospice Cost Report Missing Information
Line 3 Employee Benefits - missing from 13.80% of reports in 2016 (385 reports)
[...] - Quality:
Prepare For Hospice Compare Changes
Revisions will take public reporting to 'a whole new level,' expert says. Medicare's focus on [...] - Quality:
These 7 Measures Will Go Low-Profile In 2019
Pain assessment measure trips up hospices. When the composite quality measure "Hospice and Palliative Care [...] - Billing:
Medicare Grants Hospices Billing Relief For Drugs
But CMS can't budge on sequential billing. The Trump Administration is putting itsmoney where its [...] - Industry Note:
Find Out More About This Appeal Option
Will you find this new appeal route appealing? One of the two new appeal options [...] - Industry Note:
Facilitate Your Patients' New Medicare Cards With Quick Address Checks
You being ready for the new Medicare cards is only part of the job. "Your [...] - Industry Note:
Publicly Traded Chain, Nevada Health System Announce Partnership
LHC Group Inc. and Saint Mary's Health Network have announced finalization of an equity partnership [...]
