Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
MAC Offers New PDGM Tool
Published on Fri Apr 24, 2020
For agencies continuing to struggle with mastering the Patient-Driven Groupings Model at the same time that they tackle COVID-19, a new tool from a HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor may help. MAC CGS has created a tool “to provide examples of situations showing a PDGM period of care with acute/post-acute care and required PDGM billing information,” it says. The document is at https://cgsmedicare.com/hhh/education/materials/pdf/hh_pdgm_timeline_2020.pdf.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- COVID-19:
Make A Judgement Call On NPP Orders
CMS document says NPP orders are OK, but where are the regs? Medicare has provided [...] - Compliance:
Untangle F2F Guidance For Telehealth, NPPs
Watch out: Make sure physician encounters include both audio and visual components. With the regulatory [...] - OASIS:
HHAs, Hospices Need More To Fight COVID-19
From lifting OASIS matching edits to prioritizing in-home workers for PPE, help is falling short. [...] - Hospice:
Rule Reveals More Hospice Election Addendum Details
Check out Medicare’s new model forms. Hospices would love for Medicare to put off the [...] - Regulations:
Model Forms Have These Problems
Do the forms need both related and unrelated diagnoses listed? In conjunction with its 2021 [...] - COVID-19:
PPE For Home Care Workers Grabs Headlines Nationwide
Franchisor launches website to help home care agencies procure PPE. Home health, private duty, and [...] - Industry Note:
Ohio HHAs Can Enter RCD Choices For Next Phase
Cycle 1 ended March 30. Medicare still has the Review Choice Demonstration on “pause” in [...] - Industry Note:
Find Out How Much Medicare Will Pay MA Plans For Hospice
Hospices can get some clues about reimbursement for the Medicare Advantage carve-in, but not the [...] - Industry Note:
CDC Revises Return To Work Guidance — Again
If you’re trying to nail down your policies and procedures for staff returning to work [...] - Industry Note:
MAC Offers New PDGM Tool
For agencies continuing to struggle with mastering the Patient-Driven Groupings Model at the same time [...] - Industry Note:
TPE Resumption Date Remains Cloudy
If you’re wondering when Targeted Probe & Educate medical review will resume, you’re not the [...] - Industry Note:
Hospital-Based Agency Undergoes Change
A home health agency formerly owned by multiple hospitals in Ohio has changed its name. [...]
View All
