Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Alert Your Referring Docs To 2017 CCM Changes
Published on Fri Jan 20, 2017
• If your physician referral sources bill for Chronic Care Management, you might want to share a new Medicare tool with them. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has published a three-page fact sheet outlining CCM changes for 2017 at www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/Downloads/ChronicCareManagementServicesChanges2017.pdf.
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Home Health & Hospice Week
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Take These 7 Steps To Start Mastering The New CoPs
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CMS Shoots Down Extra Discharge-Related Burdens
Warning: Surveyors will be reviewing your cases discharged for cause. While home health agencies have [...] - Face-To-Face:
Troubleshoot These Common F2F Mistakes
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Claims Processing Glitch Delays Reimbursement
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• Make sure you’re using this updated employment form or risk fines. “Agencies must start [...] - Industry Note:
Alert Your Referring Docs To 2017 CCM Changes
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VNA Settles Fraud Charges For $5.25 Million
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• The administrator of five Houston-area home health agencies has pled guilty to $7.8 million [...] - Industry Note:
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