Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
PEPPER Training On Deck
Published on Fri Mar 03, 2017
Get more details about your new hospice PEPPER report in an April 25 webinar by PEPPER contractor TMFHealth Quality Institute. You can register for the session, which will cover new metrics on long GIP stays and live discharges by type, via a link at https://pepperresources.org/Training-Resources/Hospices.
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Home Health & Hospice Week
- Reimbursement:
Don't Let Your Software Lull You Into OASIS Matching Edit Complacency
Major money will be on the line when new edit hits April 1. If you [...] - OASIS:
Take These 8 Steps To Head Off OASIS Edit Losses
Silver bullet: Check Final Validation Reports. There are many scenarios in which an OASIS file [...] - Compliance:
OASIS Matching Edit Culmination Of Years Of Scrutiny
OASIS submission a new must. Why are your OASIS submissions so important to Medicare — [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
High-Profile Hospice Fraud Case Hits All The Hot Spots
Tip: If you’re going to commit fraud, don’t text about it. Your job may have [...] - Kickbacks:
Hospice Medical Directors Under The Fraud Microscope
Physicians must call the shots, case stresses. Get ready to defend your hospice medical director [...] - Industry Note:
Avoid G Code Confusion Or Risk Returned Claims
Use this MAC’s handy G code chart. To get your skilled nursing coding right, you’ll [...] - Industry Note:
GAO: HHS Should Nail Down Specifics Of Plan To Increase EHRs In Post-Acute Care
The day that Medicare will require electronic records or apply a penalty for home health [...] - Industry Note:
Home Health & Hospice RAC Gears Up
Expect Recovery Audit Contractor scrutiny to resume soon. The new RAC dedicated to home health, [...] - Industry Note:
SIA Adjustments Cause More Billing Headaches
If you tried to secure a claims adjustment for a Service Intensity Add-on error and failed, [...] - Industry Note:
NPWT Billing Changes Issued In New Transmittal
Medicare has given MACs their marching orders about new NPWT billing rules. Recap: In the 2017 HH [...] - Industry Note:
PEPPER Training On Deck
Get more details about your new hospice PEPPER report in an April 25 webinar by [...] - Industry Note:
Beware HICN Glitch In ELGA/ELGH
You may not be getting your patient’s correct HICN if you use ELGA and ELGH, warns [...]
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