Home Health & Hospice Week
Compare Deadline Looms
Hospice Compare's next data refresh will be in February, but the deadline for the data supporting that update is nearly upon you. "The freeze date for the Hospice Item Set (HIS) data that will be included in quality measure calculations for the February 2018 Hospice Compare refresh is November 15, 2017," the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says in a message to hospices. The February refresh will include HIS data from the second quarter of 2016 to the first quarter of 2017 - April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017. "All HIS records, including modifications/corrections and inactivations, need to be submitted and accepted by the Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (QIES) Assessment Submission and Processing (ASAP) system by 11:59:59 p.m. E.D.T. 11/15/17 to be reflected in the Hospice Provider Preview Report that will be available on December 1, 2017," CMS instructs.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Prospective Payment System:
Check Your Wage Index, Case Mix To See How 0.4% Cut Will Impact Your Bottom Line
Plus: You may not have to give up hope for the rural add-on quite yet. [...] - Reimbursement:
Crystal Ball Shows HHGM In Home Care's Future
Therapy is likely on its way out as a payment factor, regardless of HHGM's fate. [...] - Regulations:
Final Rule Contains HHQRP, VBP Changes
Gear up for new quality measures in 2020. In addition to the payment-related provisions, the [...] - Medical Review:
MAC Reveals Threshold For TPE Inclusion
F2F errors dominate Home Health Probe & Educate results. Since Medicare officials first announced the [...] - HIPAA:
Learn HIPAA Lessons From These Real-Life Breaches
Warning: Phishing is a very real threat. With the 2018 HH PPS final rule just [...] - Make The Most Of Your Eli's Home Care Week Subscription
You have more than a decade's worth of information on a multitude of home health [...] - Industry Note:
Use This Workaround For OASIS Matching Edit Glitch
Get up to speed on deleting and restoring Revenue Code lines. It may be good [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Unveils New Appeals Option
If you're not a Medicare appeals frequent flier, you now have an option that may [...] - Industry Note:
Don't Let Home Care & Hospice Month Pass You By
It's not too late to celebrate Home Care & Hospice Month this month, or Home [...] - Industry Note:
HEART Pilot Proceeds
In its final rule for 2018 hospice payment, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [...] - Industry Note:
Compare Deadline Looms
Hospice Compare's next data refresh will be in February, but the deadline for the data [...] - Industry Note:
Hospice Billing Confuses
Not sure what to do about your credit balance reporting duties if you didn't submit [...]
