Home Health & Hospice Week
Double-Check Your CAHPS Data Submission Or Risk Payment
Don't forget, your data is now on public display. Medicare won't take any excuses when it comes to correctly submitting CAHPS data, even if your vendor has fallen down on the job. That's why you need to check that your vendor is submitting the Home Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HHCAHPS) data correctly. "Check if your data submission reports are being submitted on time by your vendor," urged Lori Teichman with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services at CMS's April 11 Open Door Forum for home care providers. You can determine that by clicking on the "For HHAs" tab on the CAHPS website at https://homehealthcahps.org, Teichman advised. Then pick the data submission report link. Then you won't have to rely on your vendor's word about whether the data is going in on time. Remember: CMS has put CAHPS data on display on its Home Health Compare website. The data will help consumers "find the home health agency that best meets their needs," Acting CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner says in a release. "The survey ... will enable valid comparisons among all home health agencies." Home health agencies have voiced concerns over the survey, however, notes the National Asso-ciation for Home Care & Hospice. "The length of the survey, overlapping questions in topic areas, and scoring of individual questions in creation of composite scores for topic areas" are a few areas of concern, NAHC's Val Halamandaris says in the trade group's newsletter.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Fraud & Abuse:
Feds Train Fraud Spotlight On Home Care
Watch out for further fraud-fighting measures such as an HHA surety bond. The home care [...] - Reimbursement:
CMS Moves Full Steam Ahead On PECOS Edits
You can't use ABNs for docs lacking PECOS records, final rule says. The PECOS-related claims [...] - Compliance:
Don't Hang Up The Phone On Fraud Complaints
Your report can contribute to CMS's 'heat map.' Home care providers often voice frustration when [...] - OASIS:
Make Changes To Staff's OASIS Assessments The Right Way
Fraud case highlights important compliance aspect of OASIS. You could lose hundreds of dollars per [...] - Industry Note:
Double-Check Your CAHPS Data Submission Or Risk Payment
Don't forget, your data is now on public display. Medicare won't take any excuses when [...] - Industry Note:
HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor Deactivates PECOS Edit
Stay tuned about what to do with your claims erroneously denied by Palmetto GBA for [...] - Industry Note:
Training Webinars Will Be Available Online
Did you miss Medicare's April training sessions on the new hospice quality reporting requirement? You'll [...] - Industry Note:
Consider ABNs When Therapy Caps Apply
Home care providers that are furnishing Part B therapy services in the home should pay [...] - Industry Note:
HHAs Continue To Flub 855 Paperwork For CGS Revalidations
Home health agencies continue to have trouble with their revalidation applications for HHH MAC CGS. [...] - Industry Note:
Revised PPS Fact Sheet Addresses F2F, Therapy
Looking for a resource to help educate patients, referral sources, your own employees, and others [...] - Industry Note:
Get Hospice Discharge Coding Correct Now, Before July 1 Changes Hit, CMS Urges
CMS is reorganizing its hospice discharge coding this July 1, but you also need to [...] - Industry Note:
Hospice Partners With Michigan ACO
Wondering what your relationship with the new Accountable Care Organizations should look like? Check out [...] - Industry Note:
Looming 30% Doc Pay Cut Translates To Big Budget Reductions Coming
Gear up for some ugly Medicare budget cutting at the end of the year. It [...]
