Home Health & Hospice Week
Home Care Cuts Hurt Patients, Newspaper Says
States making big Medicaid cuts to home care are also making a big mistake. So says one newspaper in a state with significant reductions, North Carolina. "The slashed home-care budget ... means people are being forced into institutional care instead of getting the services they need at home -- which is the best and least costly way to care for many patients," says a recent editorial in the Fayetteville Observer. New cuts will eliminate home care services for about 20,000 of 37,000 recipients in the state, according to the newspaper. "Whenever it's possible, people who need care should first get it in their own homes," the editorial says. "The outcomes are better and the cost is lower, in just about every instance."
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Fraud & Abuse:
Take These 6 Steps To Prepare For ZPIC Audits
You can bet homebound status will be a vulnerable point. ZPIC audits are shutting down [...] - Audits:
Use These 7 Tips To Survive A ZPIC Audit
Hop on probe letters to avoid a full-blown audit. Like many home care providers nationwide, [...] - Policy:
MedPAC Sets Sights On Home Care -- Again
HHA, hospice, and DME prone to overutilization, fraud, and abuse, commission says. If you thought [...] - Diagnosis Coding:
Use This Checklist To Help You Implement ICD-9 Changes
Fewer changes this year signal that ICD-10 preparations are under way. It's that time again. [...] - Competitive Bidding:
Bidding Hearing Gives Suppliers Little Hope Of Delay
Jan. 1 implementation date for DME competitive bidding looms. Durable medical equipment suppliers hoping to [...] - Industry Notes:
New Legislation Takes Aim At Medicare Fraud
OIG powers would be expanded under bill. Congress' assault on fraud in the Medicare program [...] - Medicare Issues PECOS Enrollment Instructions For Ordering Docs.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is clearing one more obstacle from the path [...] - Guard Against Whistleblowers.
With all the new regulatory and payment burdens hitting home care providers, don't overlook an [...] - Schedule Around PECOS 'Dark Days'
You'd better reschedule any PECOSrelated work you have planned for this week. The Internet-based Provider [...] - Home Care Cuts Hurt Patients, Newspaper Says
States making big Medicaid cuts to home care are also making a big mistake. So [...] - OIG Blasts Suppliers' KX Modifier Claims
Another OIG report is projecting millions in Medicare overpayments for DME billed with the KX [...] - Keep Dates Straight Or Risk RAP Rejections
If you mix up the dates on your request for anticipated payment, you'll have to [...] - Payment Glitch Holds Up Palmetto Providers' Pay
If Palmetto is your Medicare contractor and you have claims suspending in status and location [...] - Stable Patients Equal Hospice Denials, Contractor Says
You'd better beef up documentation for your hospice patients whose conditions are holding steady, or [...]
