Home Health & Hospice Week
Get Training On These Coding Curveballs
Plus: Examine how the PPS rates that took effect Jan. 1 will impact your patient case load.
You can receive vital information on these topics from the comfort of your own office:
Order Recordings Of Conferences On Crucial Topics
You also can order recordings or transcripts of these January audioconferences:
Note: To browse and register for Eli home care and hospice audioconferences, go to www.audioeducator.com and select the "home health" or "hospice" tabs in the top blue bar. Or call 1-866-458-2965. All sessions are available via recording or transcript after taking place.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Hospice:
Hospice Pay Cut Threatens 2013 Reimbursement
MedPAC commissioners take aim at long stays. You'll have a new hospice quality reporting requirement [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
For-Profit Hospices Draw MedPAC Commissioners' Ire
Too many too quickly, influential advisory body to Congress feels. For-profit hospices running legitimate operations [...] - Prospective Payment System:
Welcome Dementia Code Points To 2012 Case Mix
Watch for these case mix additions and deletions that took effect Jan. 1. The loss [...] - Referrals:
Help Docs Gain Rightful Pay For CPO Services
Tip: Docs can use a 'cheat sheet' to make CPO documentation easier. Physicians may be [...] - Education:
Get Training On These Coding Curveballs
Plus: Examine how the PPS rates that took effect Jan. 1 will impact your patient [...] - Industry Note:
Eliminating Companionship Exemption A No-Win Move
Comments on the proposal are due next month. The Department of Labor's proposal to eliminate [...] - Industry Note:
Correction For Claims Rejection Errors On The Way
You'll have to sit tight to wait for a fix for your claims rejecting with [...] - Industry Note:
Use These Billing Pointers For TENS Units
Trying to figure out how to bill therapists' home TENS unit instruction for your outpatient [...] - Industry Note:
Risk Decertification If You Overlook Revalidation Request
You have until Feb. 27 to respond to HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor CGS's request for [...] - Industry Note:
Turn To These Resources For OASIS Coding Info
Wondering how to correct your OASIS coding when necessary? The Interpretive Guide-lines at 42 CFR [...] - Industry Note:
Outlier Payment Calculation Problems Persist
Don't count on your outlier payments being sorted out quite yet. A claims system fix [...] - Industry Note:
OIG Offers Compliance Plan Pointers Online
The OIG is expected to soon make compliance plans required for high-risk providers -- and that [...] - Industry Note:
MI Physicians Indicted In Alleged HHA Fraud Scheme
A Michigan HHA owner and physician has been indicted in federal court on kickback charges. [...] - Industry Note:
Feds Tout 19th Guilty Plea In FL HHA Fraud Bust
The feds have racked up another guilty plea in the fraud bust of ABC Home [...]
