Home Health & Hospice Week
Hospice Partners With Michigan ACO
Wondering what your relationship with the new Accountable Care Organizations should look like? Check out a hospice example in Michigan for ideas. Hospice of Michigan's HOMe subsidiary will partner with Detroit Medical Center's Michi-gan Pioneer ACO to take care of its patients identified with less than 24 months to live, reports Crain's Detroit Business newspaper. The three-year contract seeks to improve quality care for terminally ill patients, curb emergency room visits, and cut costs that are especially high during the last year of life. A proprietary software program developed by Hospice of Michigan is identifying terminally ill patients, the newspaper reports. Identification may take up to nine months. Hospice of Michigan is talking with other insurers, hospital-based systems, and other ACOs to take care of patients at the end of their lives, the newspaper says. "The very ill need a lot of support in the home," hospice CEO Dottie Deremo told the paper. "(People) can have two to 10 crises in the last 24 months of life. The options have been to go to the ER or hospital. We can reduce this with personalized programs."
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 [...]
