Home Health & Hospice Week
Consult These Resources For Survey Information You Need
With CMPs hanging over your head, make sure you’re up to speed on Medicare requirements.
You’ll have a hard time complying with the rules — and even knowing what they are — if you don’t consult the correct Medicare documents. Put these items on your reading list:
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Survey & Certification:
New CMPs Are Closing Agencies - Are You Next?
Surveyors ramp up use of alternative sanctions that took effect last July. If you thought [...] - Compliance:
Head Off Fatal CMPs With These 7 Steps
Tip: Reach outside your organization for a fresh set of eyes. Civil money penalties can [...] - Education:
Consult These Resources For Survey Information You Need
With CMPs hanging over your head, make sure you’re up to speed on Medicare requirements. [...] - Compliance:
Use These Top Survey Citations To Fuel Your Compliance Effort
Make sure your POCs are ironclad. Finding out now whether you’re making any of these [...] - Accreditation:
Consider Accreditation As Civil Money Penalty Deterrent
You’ll need to weigh cost versus risk. If an ounce of prevention is worth a [...] - Medications:
Feds Want Lower Use Of Antipsychotics At Home
GAO report focuses on antipsychotics for dementia patients. For some time, nursing homes have been [...] - Industry Notes:
Surety Bond Requirement For HHAs Signed Into Law
Mandate hurts agencies struggling to comply. Now that the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act [...] - Industry Notes:
Tutor Docs In CPO With This New MAC Tool
Help your referring physicians obtain the reimbursement they are entitled to for care planning for [...] - Industry Notes:
CMS Signals Intention To Pull Back NPI Requirement For Hospice NOEs
If you’ve been running into NOE submission delays thanks to a requirement to include the [...] - Industry Notes:
OSHA Offers Workplace Violence Guidance For Home Health Workers
Take heed of new guidance from OSHA on protecting your workers from workplace violence. “Health [...] - Industry Notes:
Palmetto Revamps NCLOS Data To Align With Coding
Hospices are in the hot seat for length of stay, even though it’s dropped this [...] - Reader Question:
Know When To File A Hospice Redetermination - And When Not To
Warning: Correcting the omission of the GW and GV modifiers may not be as easy [...]
