Home Health & Hospice Week
Visits When Death Imminent Measure Closer To Going Public
HEART, public reporting also addressed. Competitors, referral sources, and others will soon get a look at how you stack up when it comes to providing visits when patients are near death. Medicare will be “rolling out” information about the new Hospice Visits when Death is Imminent quality measure “in coming weeks,” a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official said in the agency’s Feb. 13 Open Door Forum for home care and hospice providers. In the January forum, CMS said the two-part measure would be in hospices’ Hospice Compare preview reports in March, with the measure going on display on the website in May. Other hospice topics addressed in the forum include: Reminder: In a forum last September, CMS said that “HEART might consider future payment refinements as a secondary goal, but this is not planned at this time.” CMS said it would have quarterly forums on HEART ongoing. Hospices also must comply with the CAHPS portion of the Hospice Quality Reporting Program requirement to qualify for a full percentage update in 2021, a CMS staffer reminded attendees.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Patient-Driven Groupings Model:
HHAs Start Their Engines For Runup To PDGM
Thirty-day billing period base rate 55.6 percent of 60-day rate. It soon will be time [...] - Legislation:
Resistance Continues Against Behavioral Adjustment Cut
HHAs have only months to secure legislative change. The home health industry is fighting to [...] - Reimbursement:
Keep These Top Changes In Mind As PDGM Nears
Beware LUPA dangers. As you navigate the murky Patient-Driven Groupings Model waters, you’ll have to [...] - OASIS:
These 8 Items Will Help Determine Your PDGM Pay
2 items debut as case mix factors. Familiarize yourself with the OASIS items that will [...] - Billing:
CMS Starts Its RAP Phase-Out
Plus: Learn about these new occurrence codes that can bring you higher reimbursement. Your billing [...] - Payment:
PDGM HIPPS Code May Not Mean What You Think It Means
Get to know the new code. Whether you know the current HH PPS HIPPS codes [...] - Patient-Driven Groupings Model:
Use These Guidelines To Plan Your PDGM Launch Date
Episodes spanning Jan. 1 get 60-day rate. You should be starting your ramp-up to the [...] - Hospice:
Visits When Death Imminent Measure Closer To Going Public
HEART, public reporting also addressed. Competitors, referral sources, and others will soon get a look [...] - Regulations:
Home Health Compare Looks Different
Education on OASIS-D continues. More than just your data looks new on the Home Health [...] - Industry Note:
TPE Torpedoes Hospices — Again
Unsupported terminal prognosis causes most denials. One HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor racked up another 100 [...] - Industry Note:
MBIs Now Used On Nearly Two-Thirds Of Claims
The percentage of claims using beneficiaries’ new MBI numbers continues to grow. For the week [...] - Industry Note:
Hospice Forks Over $27K CMP For Excluded Employee
Make your employee background checks a priority, a recent HHS Office of Inspector General notice [...]
