Home Health & Hospice Week
Disregard Contract Staff When Reporting This VBP Measure
HHAs in the nine Value-Based Purchasing states are getting a small break on new measures they must report.
Reminder: VBP state agencies must start collecting data for a new measure, Influenza Vaccination Coverage for Home Health Care Personnel, in July and begin reporting the data in October. It’s one of the 24 measures used for VBP calculations (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. XXIV, No. 39).
Agencies are confused on how to count contract staff — particularly therapists — for this measure, said a software vendor who called in to CMS’s March 9 Home Health Open Door Forum. They don’t fit into any of the categories CMS requires.
Response: HHAs can just ignore contract staff for this measure, a CMS official said in the call.
Education calls for VBP agencies continue, CMS noted in the call.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Medical Review:
MACs Deny 92% Of Claims Under F2F Probe $ Educate
One MAC’s rate is a staggering 97 percent. Your reimbursement may be doomed under face-to-face [...] - Regulations:
Make Sure Your Doc's F2F Note Hits These 5 Elements
Know what you can help with, and what you can’t. Under the new face-to-face documentation [...] - Face-To-Face:
Unfair F2F Requirement Tortures HHAs
HHAs can’t control physicians’ documentation. Home health agencies face a Herculean task with face-to-face compliance. [...] - Face-To-Face:
Don't Hold Your Breath For F2F Changes
F2F poised to run HHAs out of business. If you think absurdly high denial rates [...] - Compliance:
Use These 12 Pointers To Increase Your F2F Chances
Warning: Just receiving the physician’s documentation isn’t enough. If you want your claims to be [...] - Education:
Bone Up On F2F With These Resources
Confusion abounds about the face-to-face physician encounter for home health patients. Use these resources to [...] - Industry Note:
New PEPPER Reports Zero In On Discharges, GIP
Diagnosis coding and CHC also highlighted. You may be putting yourself on reviewers’ radar if [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Finalizes Face-To-Face Rule For Medicaid
Get ready for Medicaid’s face-to-face physician encounter requirement to hit this summer. The Centers for [...] - Industry Note:
Disregard Contract Staff When Reporting This VBP Measure
HHAs in the nine Value-Based Purchasing states are getting a small break on new measures [...] - Industry Note:
Chain Makes Hospice Buy
National home care chain LHC Group has acquired the assets of Heartlite Hospice, a subsidiary [...] - Industry Note:
CDC Issues Guidance On Home Health, Hospice Emergency Planning
Want a boost to your emergency planning? You can consult a new resource from the [...] - Industry Note:
MAC Lends Helping Hand For Hospice Overlap Disputes
If patient overlap disputes with other hospices, hospitals or SNFs are plaguing your hospice, a [...]
