Home Health & Hospice Week

Education:

Get Training On PECOS Edits, PPS Billing Changes

Also, check out Eli audioconferences on OASIS-C1, the OIG’s plans for hospices, and hospice diagnosis coding.

You can receive vital information on these topics from the comfort of your own office:

  • 2014 Medicare Home Health Billing Updates. Wed. Jan. 15, 1 p.m. ET. Get the latest on the effect the rebasing cuts are having on your rates, including new methodology for LUPAs. Expert biller M. Aaron Little also will review PECOS edits for ordering and referring physicians, program integrity activities underway at Medicare Contractors, and more. Go to www.audioeducator.com/home-health/home-health-billing-01-15-14.html or call 1-866-458-2965.
  • OASIS-C1 and Process Outcome Changes. Wed. Jan. 22, 1 p.m. ET. OASIS is the single most important document used in Medicare home health today, and big changes to it are coming up fast. The new OASIS-C1 tool is scheduled for implementation on Oct. 1, 2014. Join OASIS pro Judy Adams for an item-by-item review of the new OASIS document and to learn about the revision’s impact on payment and outcomes. Go to www.audioeducator.com/home-health/oasis-c-1-2014-01-22-14.html or call 1-866-458-2965.
  • The 2014 OIG Work Plan — What Does It Mean for Hospices? Thurs. Feb. 6, 1 p.m. ET. Find out what’s on the HHS Office of Inspector General’s mind through its annual work plan, because that is exactly what needs to be on your mind. Hospice veteran Susan Balfour will review the hospice projects in the OIG plan — including an investigation of General Inpatient (GIP) care — and provide attendees with the information to effectively develop and execute compliance work plans in their own organizations. Go to www.audioeducator.com/hospice/2014-oig-work-plan-02-06-14.html or call 1-866-458-2965.
  • Hospice Coding Update — 2014. Tues. Feb. 18, 1 p.m. ET. Hospices must deal with the double whammy of CMS’s increased scrutiny of diagnosis coding and the ICD-10 transition coming in October. Single diagnosis codes on hospice claims should be a thing of the past and CMS will start banning the commonly used primary diagnoses of ‘debility’ and ‘adult failure to thrive’ this fall. Get the details on new coding requirements for hospice and advice on how to comply with them from consultant Judy Adams. Go to www.audioeducator.com/hospice/2014-oig-work-plan-02-06-14.html or call 1-866-458-2965.

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