Home Health & Hospice Week
Report Costs For These Lines, Or Else
New Level 1 edits make these cost report lines mandatory. Without costs recorded on these lines in Worksheet A of the hospice cost report, Medicare won't accept your report. Line 1 Capital Related Costs - Buildings & Fixtures Those lines "must be greater than zero," April 13 Transmittal 3 specifies. Source: www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Transmittals/2018Downloads/R3P243.pdf.
Line 2 Capital Related Costs - Movable Equipment
Line 3 Employee Benefits Department
Line 4 Administrative & General
Line 13 Volunteer Service Coordination
Line 28 Registered Nurse
Line 33 Medical Social Services
Line 38 Durable Medical Equipment/Oxygen
Combined Line 14 Pharmacy and Line 42.50
Drugs Charged to Patients
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Conditions of Participation:
CoP Changes To Competency Evals For Aides Put HHAs At Survey Risk
Are your patients willing to be bathing guinea pigs? More than four months into implementation [...] - Compliance:
Know Your Aide Competency Requirements
Observation is required for these subject areas. Under §484.80 Condition of participation: Home health aide [...] - Hospice:
Prepare To Get More Detailed In Your Hospice Cost Report
Note this big change to reporting drug costs. Newly released hospice cost report revisions may [...] - Finance:
Report Costs For These Lines, Or Else
New Level 1 edits make these cost report lines mandatory. Without costs recorded on these [...] - Regulations:
Medicare Rolls Out Electronic Signatures For Cost Reports
New option applies to all providers' reports. To take advantage of Medicare's new electronic signature [...] - Industry Note:
Weigh Your M1060 Options Carefully
Using previous measurement as last resort. For the first time since April 2016, Medicare has [...] - Industry Note:
West Virginia Leads In Hospice PEPPER Downloads, While Utah Trails Last. Where Does Your State Stand?
If you aren't sure how to best use your newly updated hospice PEPPER report and [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare Home Health Spending To Climb 78% In Next Decade, CBO Predicts
Position yourself to benefit from growth in Medicare home health spending. The Congressional Budget Office [...] - Industry Note:
Kindred Buyers Announce Major Hospice Acquisition
The same group of purchasers making the massive Kindred at Home acquisition are planning another [...] - Industry Note:
3 Providers Will Merge To Form 15-State Chain
Great Lakes Caring, National Home Health Care, and Jordan Health Services plan to merge, they [...] - Industry Note:
Learn The Ropes To ID Claims Suspensions
Are suspended claims confusing you and holding up your reimbursement? You can get a clue [...]
