Home Health & Hospice Week
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Meanwhile, the Provider Reimbursement Review Board ruled against another home health agency that sought to have denied Medicare visits excluded entirely from its 1996 cost report, rather than reclassified to the "other" visits category. Reclassifying the visits that way improperly shifted costs from Medicare to other payors, argued Angeles Home Health Care Inc. But the Board said RHHI United Government Services properly used the provider statistical & reimbursement (PS&R) report to reclassify the visits, according to Aug. 21 Decision No. 2003-D45. The provider's visits were 98 percent Medicare, so there was very little room for cost-shifting anyway, the Board concluded in upholding the adjustment with an impact of about $33,000. Angeles' legal representative didn't return calls for comment.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Reimbursement:
PRRB Decision Provides Ammo For Rural-Add-On
Remote HHA qualifies for cost limit exception. Medicare beneficiaries are entitled to covered home health [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
'Operation Wheeler Dealer' Targets Power Wheelchairs, Scooters
Will the initiative harm innocent DME bystanders? A sharp increase in power wheelchair spending coupled [...] - Enforcement:
Fraud-Fighting Plan Requires Docs To See Patients Before Prescribing Wheelchairs
Supplier number freeze, inherent reasonableness also included. The feds are on the warpath over power [...] - Legislation:
Don't Hold Your Breath For Medicare Legislation
House reps insist on home health copay. Congressional leaders have returned to their Medicare and [...] - Reimbursement:
Cutting Supplies From Home Office Costs Doesn't Fly
Intermediaries have to play by the rules, and one of those rules is not switching [...] - Cost Reports:
Other PRRB News
Meanwhile, the Provider Reimbursement Review Board ruled against another home health agency that sought to [...] - Industry Notes:
National Rollout of Home Health Compare Imminent
Tenative implementation date next month. If you weren't in one of the eight Phase I [...]
