Home Health & Hospice Week
Make Sure Teaching For Dementia Patients Includes This Documentation
Tip: Training caregivers counts toward this skilled need, new MAC article says. Worried about receiving denials when teaching dementia patients with behavioral disturbances? Check out a new coverage article from HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor NHIC for tips on what your MAC will be looking for. "Teaching and training activities ... in the case of the beneficiary population with dementia and behavioral disturbances, could be part of a unique beneficiary-centered care plan directed at teaching the family or caregiver how to manage the behavioral disturbances," NHIC explains. But for teaching to be covered, clinicians should document the answers to a list of questions about the disturbance, ranging from "What is the frequency of the behavior" to "Are there other possible explanations for the behavior," NHIC instructs. Remember: "In the home health setting, skilled education services are no longer needed if it becomes apparent, after a reasonable period of time, that the patient, family, or caregiver could not or would not be trained," the MAC tells providers. The article, which includes example scenarios with interventions, is at www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/article-details.aspx?rticleId=51856&ver=2&name=&ContrId=206&ContrVer=1.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Prospective Payment System:
PPS Rates To Stay Flat Next Year
But watch out for legislative reimbursement cuts.For the first time in years, home health agencies [...] - Therapy:
Proposed Therapy Visit Ranges Spell Trouble Ahead
CMS wants to eliminate the 'close to' standard for multi-discipline episodes.One therapy reassessment requirement will [...] - Regulations:
Get Ready For Intermediate Sanctions To Change Your Compliance World
2013 proposed rule also addresses hospice quality reporting.One of the biggest regulatory changes to hit [...] - Hospice:
Will An OASIS For Hospice Come Your Way Soon?
Get a glimpse of the hospice quality measures on CMS's requirement short list.Expect to see [...] - Certification:
Physicians' F2F Documentation Continues To Challenge HHAs
Proposed rule fails to address crucial face-to-face problems.A small change to face-to-face physician encounter requirements [...] - Hospice:
OIG Calls For Crackdown On Hospice-Related Drugs
Medicare paid Part D plans $34 million for medications that hospices should have covered, new [...] - Human Resources:
Follow Up Promises With Action
Working on your trust-building skills will reap rewards for both you and your team.One of [...] - Industry Note:
Make Sure Teaching For Dementia Patients Includes This Documentation
Tip: Training caregivers counts toward this skilled need, new MAC article says.Worried about receiving denials [...] - Industry Note:
Medicaid To Expand
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the majority of the Affordable Care Act, [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Trains Docs On NPIs
If you're dealing with physicians who are stymieing your efforts to bill correctly, CMS is [...] - Industry Note:
Submit Discharges Timely
To avoid hassles from durable medical equipment suppliers, you should get your discharge claims in [...] - Industry Note:
Diabetes Incidence Grows
Don't be surprised to see an increasingly larger percentage of diabetic patients. Advances in medical [...] - Industry Note:
HHA Teaches Med Students
A Rhode Island home care provider will take an active role in making sure physicians [...] - Industry Note:
Chain Makes Texas Deals
LHC Group Inc. has entered into a home health joint venture with 25-hospital Texas Health [...] - Industry Note:
Feds Indict In Chicago
The crackdown on home health fraud continues, and it's not being tempered for physicians involved [...]
