Home Health & Hospice Week
Know Which Supplies To Include On HH Claims
Confused over how to bill your supplies under home health PPS? HHH Medicare Admini-strative Contractor NHIC is offering some tips. "The cost of routine supplies is included in the calculation of the episode payment," NHIC explains in a question-and-answer set from a June 21 teleconference, "Home Health Billing: Requests for Antici-pated Payment and Episode Claims." "It's only the (non-routine supplies) that need to be reported on the claim." Not sure which supplies are routine versus non-routine? CMS includes a list of non-routine supplies in the Home Health Consolidated Billing Master Code List at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/HomeHealthPPS/coding_billing.html -- scroll down to the "Downloads" section.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Hospice:
Hospices Brace For Modest 0.9% Pay Increase
Wage index adjustment strips $100 million from hospice payments in 2013.Medicare payment reform is on [...] - ICD-9:
CMS Cracks Down On Diagnosis Coding For Hospice Patients
The codes you put on your claims will help shape hospice payment reform, CMS warns. [...] - Diagnosis Coding:
Use These 3 Tips To Ramp Up On Hospice Coding
Pointer: You don't necessarily have to hire a credentialed coder.Hospices that haven't been complying with [...] - Industry Note:
HHA Must Pay Nearly $200K In Age Discrimination Lawsuit
Don't underestimate the reputational costs of HR-related legal action.You're facing increased financial risk in the [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Wants Bigger Wage-Adjusted Portion For Home Health PPS Rates
Your stake in the wage index lottery is going to get higher next year, if [...] - Industry Note:
Beware Group NPIs On Your HHA Claims
If you're using the wrong physician NPI on your claims, expect some communication from your [...] - Industry Note:
Some De-Identified CAHPS Data Banned
Home health agencies trying to figure out how patient satisfaction varies among different types of [...] - Industry Note:
Switch To 5010 RAs Before Aug. 1 Deadline
You'd better switch over to the 5010 version of electronic remittance advices (835s) by the [...] - Industry Note:
ICD-11 Implementation Still A Long Way Off
Despite endorsement of a direct move to ICD-11 from the American Medical Association and others, [...] - Industry Note:
Know Which Supplies To Include On HH Claims
Confused over how to bill your supplies under home health PPS? HHH Medicare Admini-strative Contractor [...] - Industry Note:
Follow This Tip For Faster CERT Review Resolution
For faster resolution of your claims reviewed under the Comprehensive Error Rate Test-ing program, don't [...] - Industry Note:
Health System Sells Home Care Unit To VNA
VNA Care Network & Hospice of Worcester, Mass., plans to buy UMass Memorial Home Health [...] - Industry Note:
PTA Poser Pleads Guilty In Detroit Fraud Case
Another guilty plea has come out of the $13.8 million fraud case against Detroit-area HHAs [...]
