Home Health & Hospice Week
Latest Hospice Stats Now Available From Trade Group
Some new hospice statistics may surprise you. The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization has released its free NHPCO Facts and Figures report for 2022, which includes data from 2020. Utilization by state varies widely, with Utah recording the highest proportion of Medicare decedents using hospice (60.7 percent) and New York the lowest (24.7 percent), the report reveals. More expected is the length of stay data. Patients with neurological and stroke/CVA diagnoses had the longest average lifetime LOS (181 and 148 respectively), while neurological and respiratory had the longest median lifetime (56 and 40 respectively), NHPCO notes in the 21-page report at www.nhpco.org/hospice-care-overview/hospice-facts-figures.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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Expect A New Zip Code-Related Claims Edit, If OIG Gets Its Way
4% of home health claims in review lacked valid FIPS code. Home health access in [...] - Regulations:
What Do Those County Categories Indicate?
Counties still eligible for an add-on have dwindled to 17%. If you’re wondering why your [...] - Hospice:
Hospices’ CERT Improper Payment Rate Is Up — Way Up — For 2022
On the other hand, HHA error rate is down a hair. If you’re wondering how [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
NY Agency Agrees To Pay $3.26M In Fraud Settlement, Back Wages
Plus: Physician pays the price for referral remuneration. Violating wage and hour laws can also [...] - Industry Note:
OIG Pushes Home Health Surety Bond, Hospice Bundling In Unimplemented Recommendations Report
Plus: Watchdog agency wants hospice pay in nursing homes to go down. Home health and [...] - Industry Note:
Mileage Rate Climbs To 65.5 Cents Per Mile
To no one’s surprise, the Internal Revenue Service has once again upped its mileage rate. [...] - Industry Note:
Latest Hospice Stats Now Available From Trade Group
Some new hospice statistics may surprise you. The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization has [...] - Industry Note:
Hospital-At-Home Extension Will Encourage Investment
The recent Hospital at Home program extension included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, and [...] - Industry Note:
Review California's New Tougher Hospice Regs
If you missed the more stringent hospice regulations signed into law in California this fall, [...] - Industry Note:
Make Sure Your Telehealth G-Code Documentation Is In Order
Don’t miss an important requirement when you start using telehealth G codes. Reminder: Home health [...] - Industry Note:
Keep An Eye To Hospice VBID Future While Coping With The Present
Start preparing for the next phase of the hospice Medicare Advantage carve-in. The Centers for [...] - Industry Note:
Midwestern HHAs Hit With Survey Fines
The quote “all publicity is good publicity” may not apply when it comes to survey [...]
