Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Home Health Compare To Refresh Oct.19
Published on Fri Oct 07, 2016
Check out your preview reports for your Home Health Quality of Patient Care Star Ratings and Home Health Compare, which are now available in your CASPER folder. “These reports contain data that will be publicly reported on the Home Health Compare website in January 2017,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says on its website.
Deadline: Requests to have Quality of Patient Care star rating data suppressed are due by Oct. 24, CMS notes.
Watch for: Meanwhile, the data that was available in preview reports back in July will go up on HH Compare Oct. 19, CMS adds.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Prospective Payment System:
NPWT Switch Would Shortchange HHAs, Patients
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Let HHAs Bill NPWT Visits Under HH PPS, Commenters Urge
Proposed policy encourages use of durable NPWT instead of disposable. If a Medicare proposal on [...] - Pre-Claim Review:
Pre-Claim Review Preparation Rolls On In Face Of Industry, Lawmaker Opposition
MAC tries to educate Florida docs about PCR. Although the Pre-Claim Review program is on [...] - HIPAA:
HHS Targets Small HIPAA Breaches For Increased Scrutiny
New focus could impact home care providers. It may be October, but you’d better make [...] - Medical Review:
MAC Offers F2F Documentation Advice
Does your certifying docs’ documentation contain these elements? One of Illinois home health agencies’ complaints [...] - Compliance:
Lack Of Breach Reports Also Red Flag
How do you compare to your peers? If you pride yourself on your spotless HIPAA [...] - HIPAA:
Don't Let A Lost Phone Torpedo Your HIPAA Compliance Record
Small breaches, charitable status won’t save you from big penalties. Pay close attention to a [...] - Industry Note:
Hospice RHC Reimbursement Woes Continue
Some billing problems resolve, others don’t. Hospices have a plethora of billing-related problems on their [...] - Industry Note:
Home Health Compare To Refresh Oct.19
Check out your preview reports for your Home Health Quality of Patient Care Star Ratings [...] - Industry Note:
Value-Based Purchasing Participation Lags
More than 400 HHAs under Value-Based Purchasing are risking their reimbursement by not completing registration [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Gears Up To Remove SSNs From Bene Cards
Your billing will be changing in a yearand- a-half thanks to the Medicare Access and [...]
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