Home Health & Hospice Week
Don't Miss These Newly Posted HQRP Educational Resources From Medicare
You can get up to speed on recent Hospice Quality Reporting Program changes at your convenience. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted training materials from its Dec. 13, 2018 educational session, “Updates to Public Reporting in Fiscal Year 2019: Hospice Compre-hensive Assessment Measure and Data Correction Deadlines,” online at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Hospice-Quality-Reporting/Hospice-Quality-Reporting-Training-Training-and-Education-Library.html. The session covers the new comprehensive assessment composite measure and the 4.5 month data correction deadline for HQRP. You can also watch the session at www.youtube.com/watch?v=d26kCXAvcDs&feature=youtu.be.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Survey & Certification:
Verbal Order CoP Clarification Reassures HHAs
But not every new frequently asked question is as helpful. Home health agencies are welcoming [...] - Targeted Probe and Educate:
TPE Round 2 Ramps Up At One MAC
Nearly all HHAs fail medical review again. Another quarter brings another round of dismal Targeted [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
Medicare Lifts HHA Moratoria
Low-key announcement surprises industry. A new sign indicates that fraud and abuse scrutiny may lighten [...] - Medical Review:
F2F Tops TPE Denial List Again
Therapy visit medical necessity breaks into top 5 reasons in latest quarter. Expect face-to-face to [...] - Industry Note:
Proposed Safe Harbor Change Could Impact Your Patients
Change would ban drug rebates to PBMs, Part D plans, and Medicaid MCOs. Pharmacy benefit [...] - Industry Note:
HHAs' Grace Period For CMPs Is Over
The Civil Money Penalties that home health agencies are now subject to can pack a [...] - 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:
Don't Miss These Newly Posted HQRP Educational Resources From Medicare
You can get up to speed on recent Hospice Quality Reporting Program changes at your [...] - Industry Note:
Provider Uses Baseline Wage Increase As Recruitment, Retention Tool
Looking for a way to recruit and retain aides? You may want to take a [...] - Industry Note:
HIPAA Expert Busts Common Myth About Overseas Business Partners
If you think you can cut some bureaucratic red tape by partnering with vendors outside [...] - Industry Note:
Nonprofit Health System Buys Hospice In Colorado
Nonprofit Banner Health has acquired TRU Hospice of Northern Colorado, which serves Weld County, the [...] - Industry Note:
Holding Company Makes Hospice Buy In Texas
Traditions Health, a home health and hospice provider in Texas and California, has acquired Hospice [...]
