Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
HHA PUF Data Updated
Published on Fri Dec 30, 2016
See how you measure up against Medicare’s latest data released for home health agencies.
CMS has released 2014 data for HHAs at www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/Medicare-Provider-Charge-Data/HHA2014.html. The HHA Public Use File contains four tables: 1) aggregated information by provider, 2) aggregated information by provider and HHRG, 3) aggregated information by HHRG, and 4) aggregated information by HHRG by state, CMS notes on its website.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Pre-Claim Review:
Pre-Claim Review To Launch In Florida April 1
Administrative burden is program’s biggest fault. It’s no joke: The much-reviled Pre-Claim Review demonstration program [...] - Pre-Claim Review:
HHAs Stare Down PCR Program Riddled With Problems
The demonstration has made some improvements, however. The potentially unsustainable workload of the Pre-Claim Review [...] - Medical Review:
Hey, Remaining 3 Demo States: Don't Delay In PCR Prep
Meanwhile, industry pursues PCR eradication. The home health industry continues to try to return the [...] - Strategy:
Follow These 6 Hard-Learned Tips For PCR Preparation
Use MAC’s vital Pre-Claim Review checklist. Home health agencies in Florida should be prepared to [...] - Face-To-Face:
Get Ready For Round 2 Of F2F Probe & Educate
Will denial rate north of 90% persist? Medicare gave Florida home health agencies yet another [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
Don't Let Internal Audits Cost You Millions
Ignore a hospice patient who has been on service for 5 years at your own [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
Guilty Pleas Rack Up In Home Care Fraud Case
2 home visit physicians called on the carpet. If more than 97 percent of a [...] - Industry Note:
Beware One MAC's New Signature Deadline
MAC rescinds hasty policy interpretation. Put one more time point on your list of deadlines [...] - Industry Note:
CMS To Hold HHGM Call
Want to find out more about Medicare’s plans for drastic home health payment reform? Tune [...] - Industry Note:
HHA PUF Data Updated
See how you measure up against Medicare’s latest data released for home health agencies. CMS [...] - Industry Note:
Open Door Forum Bumped
Scratch Medicare’s Jan. 11 Home Health, Hospice and DME Open Door Forum off your calendar. [...] - Industry Note:
Keep Tabs On These January CAHPS Dates
You can access your Preview Report for Home Health CAHPS data on Jan. 6, the [...] - Industry Note:
Prior Authorization Goes Nationwide This Summer
Your patients who need two types of power wheelchairs, K0856 and K0861, may have a [...] - Industry Note:
HHA Fraudsters Funnel Patient Kickbacks Through Charity
Mother and son Martha and Luis Lima have pled guilty to Medicare charges, the Miami [...]
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