Home Health & Hospice Week
Durable medical equipment suppliers
Durable medical equipment suppliers that haven't sent out their grandfathering notice -- whether for or against -- are out of compliance with Medicare requirements. If suppliers furnish any of the bid items in the nine bid areas, Medicare required them to send notices to patients by Nov. 17, CMS said in a notice e-mailed to suppliers on Nov. 16. Suppliers either had to inform beneficiaries of their intention to "grandfather" the items, or give 30-day notice of their intention to pick up the items if they were not willing to furnish them via grandfathering. Plus: Suppliers that do not opt for grandfathering must also issue a 10-day and two-day notice that they aren't going to do so and will pick up the equipment, CMS adds in the message.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Prospective Payment System:
Get Ready For HHAs'Face To Face Encounters To Limit Bene Access
New FFE rule’s deadline is rushing up on agencies quickly. Even though the prospective payment [...] - Certification:
Don't Forget NPPs Can Do Encounters Too
They just can't certify patients for home care. The face to face encounter final rule [...] - Referrals:
Start Training Referring Physicians On FFEs Right Away
Use these 9 tips to get ready for the new requirement by Jan. 1. The [...] - Regulations:
Hospitalist Change Eases FFE Burden On HHAs -- A Little Bit
But watch out for problems with transitioning patients to their primary care physicians. Home health [...] - Medical Review:
Don't Give Physicians FFE Boilerplate Language To Sign
How much of a helping hand is too much? Watch out: The feds say they [...] - Industry Notes:
CERT Report Findings To Bring More Claims Scrutiny
Medicare payment error rate continues to be in the double digits. The payment error rate [...] - Counting therapy visits for Medicare's
Counting therapy visits for Medicare's new therapy reassessment requirement just got complicated again. Based on [...] - Durable medical equipment suppliers
Durable medical equipment suppliers that haven't sent out their grandfathering notice -- whether for or [...] - Add yet another government audit contractor
Add yet another government audit contractor to your list, and this one may have slipped [...] - You'd better get familiar with a new
You'd better get familiar with a new entity at CMS, because it could completely change [...] - Thanks to new timely filing rules
Thanks to new timely filing rules, you don't have long to get in your pre-2010 [...] - Wall Street is taking notice of the big
Wall Street is taking notice of the big cuts coming down the pike for home [...] - HHAs that furnish outpatient therapy
HHAs that furnish outpatient therapy in the home should keep an eye on therapy caps [...] - If you're having trouble billing for
If you're having trouble billing for Fluzone, it's probably not your fault. "Home health providers [...] - You might want to take a look at a new
You might want to take a look at a new fraud and abuse resource Medicare [...]
