Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Access New Appeals Info Here
Published on Fri Mar 16, 2018
Providers that missed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' recent call about the new Low-Volume Appeals option can check out a recording, transcript, and other materials from the call at www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/NPC/National-Provider-Calls-and-Events-Items/2018-02-13-Appeals-Settlement.html.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- OASIS:
Prepare For OASIS-D To Hit In January
Setting your implementation schedule is still a bit tricky. Just when you were feeling comfortable [...] - Regulations:
Say Goodbye To These 33 OASIS Items Come January
On top of making IMPACT Act-related additions, the forthcoming OASIS-D form will cut these items, [...] - Medical Review:
Use These 8 Pointers To Defend Your Claims Against F2F & Cert Denials
Will new F2F clinical template help you? Scrutiny of your claims is heavier than ever, [...] - Documentation:
Tap These Resources To Help Make Your Claims Bulletproof
Share tips and tools with your referring docs. You can boost your compliance - and [...] - Industry Note:
OIG Blasts HHA Surveys
Cheating by providers too easy under current protocol, report concludes. Expect increased micromanagement of how [...] - Industry Note:
Publication of CoP Interpretive Guidelines Still A Few Months Away
Nevermind Groundhog Day last month - home health agencies just found out they'll be getting [...] - Industry Note:
Check Out HQRP Report Change
Don't get spooked by new wording in Medicare's Hospice Quality Reporting Program Hospice Item Set [...] - Industry Note:
HHS Secretary Outlines Path Ahead
Expect more Value-Based Care reimbursement models in your future. During the Federation of American Hospitals' [...] - Industry Note:
Access New Appeals Info Here
Providers that missed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' recent call about the new [...] - Industry Note:
New Medicare Cards May Mean New Processes
If you use a common trick to get your patients' correct HICN for billing, that [...] - Industry Note:
Find Out About HIS Coding And More In CMS Webinar
Learn more about Hospice Item Set coding and other Hospice Quality Reporting Program issues in [...] - Industry Note:
Kindred Faces Shareholder Suit To Stop Sale
A hedge fund investor in Kindred Healthcare Inc. has filed a lawsuit to stop the company's [...] - Industry Note:
Chicago HHA Owner Draws Prison Time For Kickbacks
The 81-year-old owner of a home health agency in the Chicago suburbs has been sentenced to [...] - Industry Note:
Heartland Hospice Dodges Bullet In Whistleblower Cases
The feds have declined to intervene in four newly unsealed whistleblower lawsuits against HCR ManorCare's Heartland Hospice [...] - Industry Note:
Federal Agents Raid Chain's OKC Offices
An FBI raid is never a good sign. "Multiple agencies" including the FBI are investigating Oklahoma [...]
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