Home Health & Hospice Week
Dial In To Find Out More About Medicare's New Low Volume Appeals Option
If you have fewer than 500 Medicare appeals pending, you may want to listen in on an educational call about the new low-volume appeals option. Reminder: In the fall, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced a new fast track option for appellants with fewer than 500 Medicare Part A or Part B claim appeals pending at Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals and the Medicare Appeals Council at the Departmental Appeals Board, combined, as of Nov. 3, 2017, with a total billed amount of $9,000 or less per appeal (see Eli's HCW, Vol. XXVI, No. 41-42). The catch: "CMS will settle eligible appeals at 62 percent of the net allowed amount," the agency said. CMS is holding a Jan. 9 call to explain the option. Register at https://blh.ier.intercall.com.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Medical Review:
Unravel TPE Mysteries With MACs' Help
Getting ADRs without a TPE letter? Better check on it. Although the Targeted Probe & [...] - Reimbursement:
MAC Hits These Hot Spots For TPE
Make sure you're prepared to defend claims for long-stay hypertension patients. The data crunching the [...] - Budget:
MedPAC Readies Cut Recommendations
Advisory commission pulls no punches with proposed 5 percent cut for home health agencies. At [...] - Therapy:
Get Therapy Out Of The HH PPS Calculation, MedPAC To Urge
Copays also eyed once again. While most home health agencies cheered when CMS pulled back [...] - Prospective Payment System:
Post-Acute Payment PPS Still On MedPAC's Mind
Commission looks for ways to decrease payments to for-profits, freestandings. It may not be on [...] - Hospice:
Creeping Hospice Stats Lend To Rate Freeze Argument
Profit margin is back up. The weather won't be the only thing freezing, if an [...] - HIPAA:
Claims Audits Aren't The Only Ones That Matter
Don't overlook IT audits. You're familiar with Medicare audits and maybe even HIPAA audits - [...] - Industry Note:
Hospice Pay Reform Correction Headache Continues
Check your 'adjusted' claims. If you submitted adjustments to your Routine Home Care hospice claims [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare Enrollment Application Fee Rises This Year
The fee for submitting your Medicare enrollment application, including for revalidations, has gone up. The [...] - Industry Note:
Dial In To Find Out More About Medicare's New Low Volume Appeals Option
If you have fewer than 500 Medicare appeals pending, you may want to listen in [...] - Industry Note:
Shareholder Protests Proposed Deal For Humana To Acquire Kindred At Home
Kindred Healthcare has agreed for its Kindred at Home division to be acquired by Humana [...] - Industry Note:
Ohio Health System, Home Care Provider Form Joint Venture
Summa Health system in Ohio is forming a joint venture with its Summa Health at [...]
