Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Commemorate National Home Care, Hospice Month
Published on Thu Nov 08, 2018
It’s not too late to celebrate Home Health and Hospice month with your staff, referral sources, potential patients, and community at large. And home health aide week is Nov. 14-20. For celebration ideas, including daily social media message suggestions, see www.nahc.org/consumers-information/november-is-home-carehospice-month.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Prospective Payment System:
2019 Rate Increase Largest In More Than A Decade
Plus: Outlier formula tweak will make them a little easier to obtain. Not surprisingly, home [...] - Reimbursement:
CMS Hangs Onto Behavioral Assumption Adjustment Cuts, Despite Industry Outcry
Industry needs Congress’ help. While the Patient-Driven Groupings Model is supposed to be a [...] - OASIS:
Focus On These 8 PDGM-Impacting OASIS Items
Accuracy will be paramount. These OASIS items will make up PDGM functional levels: M1800: Grooming.
[...] - Finance:
New Clinical Groups Complicate PDGM Impact Estimation
The payment reform plan contains a whopping 432 case mix groups. Trying to figure out [...] - Patient-Driven Groupings Model:
Find A Patient's PDGM Case Mix Group With These 4 Steps
MMTA expansion also affects comorbidity groups. While some of the details have changed, the case [...] - Billing:
PPS Rule Finalizes First Step Of RAP Elimination
New HHAs no longer will receive RAP payments under PDGM. Despite many strident industry comments [...] - Billing:
Eliminated RAPs May Lead To Notice Of Admission Requirement
Beware possible penalties for late NOAs. Home health agencies don’t like the idea of implementing [...] - Regulations:
Ready Or Not, 30-Day Billing Periods Are On The Way
Medicare officials claim switch won’t increase burden. It’s no surprise that the Patient-Driven Groupings Model [...] - Hospice:
Use NOTRs To Head Off Missed Reimbursement
Beware the edit that prevents NOEs for some readmissions. To make sure you don’t miss [...] - Industry Note:
Burdensome Discharge Planning Reg Still Looms
CMS puts reg off at least a year. Home health agencies have one less regulatory [...] - Industry Note:
Commemorate National Home Care, Hospice Month
It’s not too late to celebrate Home Health and Hospice month with your staff, referral [...] - Industry Note:
MAC Holds RCD Calls
Review Choice Demonstration contractor Palmetto GBA has started monthly calls aimed at updating affected providers [...] - Industry Note:
TX Fraud Headed To Trial
Four men accused of home health fraud have pleaded not guilty and will face trial [...]
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