Home Health & Hospice Week
CMS Issues Spending Projections
Spending on home care is projected to rise a whopping 83 percent from 2018 to 2027, climbing to $186.8 billion annually, says a new report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of the Actuary. Medicare home health spending specifically will see an even more dramatic rise of 98 percent in the time period, to $81.2 billion in 2027, according to the newly released budget forecast. Annual rates of increase will vary from 4.9 percent to 7.1 percent over the 10-year period, CMS predicts. The average rate of growth for all types of health care spending is 5.5 percent per year, the new projections say. The baby boomer generation aging into Medicare is one of the key factors driving the increase, CMS says in a release. See more about the spending projections at www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/NationalHealthExpendData/NationalHealthAccountsProjected.html.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Reimbursement:
'Enhanced Oversight' For All New HHAs Means No RAPs — At Least For A While
Do feds see RAPs as free loans? A new RAP suppression instruction shows why home [...] - Billing:
Here's How RAP Suppression Will Work
HHAs must continue to submit RAPs, despite receiving no reimbursement for them. Medicare has laid [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
Kickback Schemes Lead To Guilty Plea, Conviction, Arrests
Therapy company staff fake notes, feds say. Illegal kickbacks are at the heart of three [...] - HIPAA:
No BAA Means No Business With That Vendor — Every Time
Failing to vet a vendor could cost you big. With so much on your plate, [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare Number Switch Gives Rise To Payment Glitch
MBI-HICN mismatch causes returned claims. Medicare has completed replacing beneficiaries old Health Insurance Claim Numbers, [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Issues Spending Projections
Spending on home care is projected to rise a whopping 83 percent from 2018 to [...] - Industry Note:
CAHPS Survey Mode Change Mulled
If you are frustrated by the difficulty of getting beneficiaries or their caregivers to respond [...] - Industry Note:
RHC Pay Problems Persist
Will the next Medicare claims system update finally clear up problems related to Routine Home [...] - Industry Note:
A/B Shift Error Requires Adjustments
Don’t let an administrative glitch confuse your billing efforts. The problem: The allocation of home [...] - Industry Note:
Don't Forget Digits
Make sure you’re inputting your county code correctly on your RAPs and final claims, or [...] - Industry Note:
Revisit Your Emergency Preparedness Plan
If the Zika virus, Ebola, and other types of infections aren’t covered in your Emergency [...] - Industry Note:
Know Your 'O's From Your Zeroes
Don’t forget that the new Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers do not contain “Os,” but instead utilize [...] - Industry Note:
Check The Newest Hospice Compare Data
Take a look at your most updated Hospice Compare data, which is now up on [...] - Industry Note:
HHQRP Training To Cover OASIS-D
Registration is still open for Medicare’s two-day Home Health Quality Reporting Training event in Baltimore [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Podcast Debuts
You can take a break from listening to Serial, Hidden Brain, and other popular podcasts [...] - Industry Note:
If The Holiday Rush Kept You From Tuning In
If the holiday rush kept you from tuning in to Medicare’s training webinar on hospice [...] - Industry Note:
Amedisys Grows Its Hospice Business — Again
Amedisys has agreed to purchase RoseRock Healthcare, a hospice in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Baton Rouge, [...] - Industry Note:
Texas, Ohio Hospices Open Inpatient Units
The number of hospice inpatient facilities is increasing. In Texas: Hospice of Wichita Falls will [...]
