Home Health & Hospice Week
Comply With New HIPAA Requirements Now In Effect
Is your HIPAA paperwork up to date? If not, you could be in trouble under the new HIPAA requirements that took effect Sept. 23 (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. XXII, No. 33).
Be sure your privacy notices include new requirements such as a statement letting patients know they can revoke prior authorizations, advises the National Association for Home Care & Hos-pice in its member newsletter. A sample notice from the HHS Office for Civil Rights is at www.hhs. gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/modelnotices.html.
Your agreements with new Business Asso-ciates also must include new elements such as a provision requiring destruction of PHI upon contract termination, NAHC notes. However, you have another year to bring your existing BA agreements into compliance with the new HIPAA rules, the trade group adds. A sample agreement from the OCR is at www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/
coveredentities/contractprov.html.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Regulations:
HHAs Ask For Relief From Face-To-Face Burden
PPS rule commenters bash physician narrative. Medicare officials may not have mentioned the face-to-face requirement [...] - Compliance:
CMS Goes Overboard On Face-To-Face Regs
Lawmakers urge CMS to let go of unnecessary F2F requirements. Whether it’s a good idea [...] - Billing:
Make This Claim Change By Next Summer
You may need to list two physicians on your HH PPS claim. If one physician [...] - Hospice:
Use New SNF Rule To Open Doors To Your Hospice
Tip: Be ready to demonstrate that you furnish all four levels of hospice care. Nursing [...] - Referrals:
Share These Hospice Facts With SNF Partners
SNFs must contract for requested hospice or transfer the patient. Are your nursing home partners [...] - Marketing:
Point Your SNF Referral Sources To These Resources
Under new requirements, nursing facilities must designate an individual — a clinical member of the [...] - Industry Note:
Reimbursement Continues To Flow Through Shutdown
Surveys may fall behind due to impasse in Congress. Your Medicare payments shouldn’t be affected [...] - Industry Note:
State Paid $30 Million In Error For Home Care Services
The HHS Office of Inspector General continues its scrutiny of state-funded personal care services. New [...] - Industry Note:
Comply With New HIPAA Requirements Now In Effect
Is your HIPAA paperwork up to date? If not, you could be in trouble under [...] - Industry Note:
FBI, OIG Raid Texas Home Care Provider Office
Operating your agency may seem like an uphill battle most days, but imagine how much [...] - Industry Note:
Miami Patient Recruiter Pleads Guilty
A patient recruiter for a Miami HHA has pled guilty for his role in a [...] - Industry Note:
State's Largest Hospice Lays Off 100
The diminishing number of hospice pa-tients is taking its toll on providers, including Ari-zona’s largest [...] - Industry Note:
Medicaid Provider Files For Bankruptcy
Crystal Care Home Health Services in Richfield, Minn., has filed for bankruptcy, reports the Star [...]
