Home Health & Hospice Week
CMS Issues Latest F2F Template Versions
Check out the latest versions of Medicare’s “clinical templates or suggested clinical data elements (CDEs) to assist with documenting the Plan of Care/Certification and face-to-face encounter to support the need for home health services.” The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services posted new versions July 9 and, at press time, planned to take feedback on them in a July 12 Special Open Door Forum. Home health industry members have complained past templates are too long and complex. See the CDEs and templates at www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Computer-Data-and-Systems/Electronic-Clinical-Templates/Other-Benefit-Templates/Other-Templates-home-health.html. CMS will post a transcript and recording of the call at www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/OpenDoorForums/PodcastAndTranscripts.html.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Quality:
Say Farewell To 7 Quality Measures Under Proposed Rule
Dropped measures will come with OASIS changes. Medicare continues to focus on fine-tuning its quality [...] - Regulations:
Revised, Additional Factors To Determine Which Quality Measures Get Dropped
CMS aims to reduce provider burden with new criterion. Medicare officials have made a lot [...] - Prospective Payment System:
Proposed Rule Addresses Remote Monitoring, Home Infusion, VBP, And More
Change could lead to more accurate profit margin figures. Payment reform and rate increases may [...] - OASIS:
Start Your Next OASIS-D Phase With New Manual
CMS plans OASIS-D educational sessions. The wait is over — mostly. Medicare has released the [...] - Patient Driven Groupings Model:
Beware: Pay Reform Impact File Missing Major Adjustment
Plus: See how much Medicare’s behavioural adjustments are stripping from base rate. If you thought [...] - Industry Note:
Note These OASIS Changes In The PPS Proposed Rule
CMS wants to double Medicare spending per beneficiary timeframe. Don’t miss smaller but significant details [...] - Industry Note:
HHAs Don't Qualify For Home Infusion Transitional Payments, CMS Clarifies
If you’re a little confused about the new home infusion benefit that CMS has proposed [...] - Industry Note:
Influential Newspaper Puts Humana Hospice Deals Under The Microscope
Attention from the New York Times is rarely good for Medicare providers. Now the Times [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Issues Latest F2F Template Versions
Check out the latest versions of Medicare’s “clinical templates or suggested clinical data elements (CDEs) [...] - Industry Note:
Note This PEPPER Training Time Change
Review the most recent home health agency PEPPER benchmarking report in a newly rescheduled July [...] - Industry Note:
Pre-Claim Review Urgently Needs Your Attention, Before It's Too Late
Don’t get so distracted by the payment reform proposal and other 2019 HH PPS proposed [...]
