Home Health & Hospice Week
Check Out Change To New Hospice Claim Edit
Medicare has tweaked new billing rules that soon will allow only a hospice actively serving a patient to file a Notice of Revocation/Termination for that patient. Starting July 1, the claims system will reject an incoming NOTR if the provider CMS Certification Number (CCN) matches the CCN on the hospice election period, and transfer or change of ownership dates are present on a hospice benefit period, and no claims have processed within the benefit period after the revocation date, and the CCN does not match the CCN associated with the latest transfer or change or ownership date on the hospice benefit period, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services explained when it released the instructions in late December 2018 (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. XXVIII, No. 3). Now CMS adds that the system will reject the claim when “the provider CCN matches the CCN on the hospice election period or matches a previous transfer or change of ownership CCN that is not the latest,” in addition to the other criteria, the agency says in updated Change Request 11049 and its related MLN Matters article. See the article updated March 14, which includes a link to the updated CR, at www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM11049.pdf.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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MedPAC To Congress: Strip $10 Billion From HH Spending
Medicare profit margin falls once again to 15.2 percent. On top of PDGM and its [...] - Know Your Facts:
Profit Margin, Number Of HHAs, Episodes All Fell In Latest Year
Number of users, spending also are down, latest data shows. Law- and policymakers will base [...] - Budget:
Keep An Eye On These Areas Highlighted In Trump Budget
PAC PPS remains a popular idea. There’s a long way to go before lawmakers pin [...] - Hospice:
Highest Margin In A Decade Leads To Rate-Cut Rec
Wise providers will diversify revenue sources. Medicare’s skyrocketing spending on hospice services has brought with [...] - Know Your Facts:
Key Indicators All Up For Hospices, MedPAC Report Shows
Medicare’s hospice spending surpasses home health’s. Hospices hoping to head off increased scrutiny, payment cuts, [...] - Industry Note:
Don't Be Shy With MAC Feedback
This year’s MSI survey is underway. Tell Medicare what you really think — about its [...] - Industry Note:
Ratio Of Claims Using MBIs Climbs Higher
The percentage of claims using the new Medicare Beneficiary Identifier number instead of the old [...] - Industry Note:
Check Out Change To New Hospice Claim Edit
Medicare has tweaked new billing rules that soon will allow only a hospice actively serving [...] - Industry Note:
Boomers Want To Stay At Home — But There Are Some Exceptions
A new survey from trade group LeadingAge appears to contradict the long-held notion that seniors [...] - Industry Note:
Senior Living/Hospital Co. Gets Into Home Health
Cornerstone Healthcare Group Holding Inc., owned by Highland Capital Management, has purchased Southland Home Health [...] - Industry Note:
Ensign Acquires Texas Agency
A subsidiary of Cornerstone Healthcare Inc., Ensign Group Inc.’s home health and hospice portfolio subsidiary, [...]
