Home Health & Hospice Week
Diabetes Program Expands
Your patients might benefit from a provision in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for 2018. The Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) is expanding in 2018 as an "intervention tool" for providers. The expansion supports bonuses for Part B clinicians furnishing services through an Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) under the Quality Payment Program (QPP). According to the payment structures outlined in the final rule, beneficiary weight loss and program attendance factor greatly into Medicare's reimbursement equation to combat type 2 diabetes for enrolled suppliers. Interested parties can start MDPP enrolment on Jan. 1 with the "effective date of billing privileges" beginning April 1, 2018. See the fact sheet at https://innovation.cms.gov/Files/factsheet/mdpp-cy2018fr-fs.pdf.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Prospective Payment System:
2018 Final Rule Ramps Up HH QRP Burden, Despite Dropped OASIS Items
Section GG to expand. Get ready to put some serious resources into OASIS education and [...] - Quality:
Say Hello To 7 New Quality Measures In Next Few Years
Protests against falls measure fell short. While pressing concerns ranging from new Conditions of Participation [...] - Quality:
Brace For New Quality Measures To Come In These Areas
Cognitive function measures are on the horizon. Home health agencies may have gotten a reprieve [...] - Regulations:
Find OASIS, HH QRP Changes Here
Use this handy change table Medicare provides. Confused about which OASIS and HH QRP requirements [...] - OASIS:
2018 Is The Last Year You Must Collect These OASIS Data Items
Data Items Caution: Some items will be only partially gone. The Centers for Medicare & [...] - Survey & Certification:
Be Ready To Jump On Subunit Conversion Instructions
Converted subunit surveys to get bumped up. Home health agencies hoping Medicare would give them [...] - Compliance:
Are You Covering These 6 HR Bases?
Tip: 50 or more employees means FMLA applies to you. You may have a very [...] - 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 [...] - Mergers & Acquisitions:
LHC, Almost Family Merge
Market consolidation on a large scale announced. Two of the original "Big Four" publicly traded [...] - Industry Note:
Wait A Bit Longer For Hospice Compare Update
New data refresh bumped to next month. Hospices aren't the only ones having adjustment difficulties [...] - Industry Note:
Pharma Exec New HHS Secretary Nominee
Following Tom Price's resignation as Department of Health & Human Services Secretary, President Trump has [...] - Industry Note:
Heed New Therapy Cap
For home health agencies that furnish outpatient Part B therapy in the home, therapy caps [...] - Industry Note:
Diabetes Program Expands
Your patients might benefit from a provision in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule [...] - Industry Note:
11-State Chain Makes Buy
The Ensign Group's home health and hospice subsidiary, Cornerstone Healthcare Inc., has acquired the assets [...] - Industry Note:
Agency Faces $4.5M Repay
Personal Touch Home Care of Ohio owes the state $4.5 million in Medicaid overpayments, Ohio [...] - Industry Note:
Prep For Electronic NOEs
The Jan. 2 start date for submitting Notices of Election electronically is getting closer, and [...]
