Home Health & Hospice Week
Medicare Focuses On Rural DME
On the heels of Medicare's Rural Health Strategy announcement (see Eli's HCW, Vol. XXVII, No. 18), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued an interim final rule with comment period to increase the fee schedule rates from June 1, 2018, through Dec. 31, 2018, for certain durable medical equipment items and services and enteral nutrition furnished in rural and non-contiguous areas not subject to DME Competitive Bidding. The move "aims to protect access to needed durable medical equipment in rural and non-contiguous areas ... helping beneficiaries to maintain their health, mobility, and overall quality of life," CMS says in a release. Comments on the rule, published in the May 11 Federal Register at www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-05-11/pdf/2018-10084.pdf, are due July 9.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Targeted Probe & Educate:
Whopping 80% Of Reviewed HHAs Flunk TPE
Denial rates over 25% will keep you on TPE review at this MAC. The results [...] - Compliance:
F2F Tops Targeted Probe & Educate Denial Reasons
Therapy visit medical necessity comes in second. Know what denials your claims may be most [...] - Medical Review:
Criteria To Get Off TPE A Bit Easier Than Probe & Educate
Expert: Crucial data missing from TPE report. One HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor's TPE results report [...] - HIPAA:
Closing Your Agency's Doors Won't Close Out Your HIPAA Responsibilities
Warning: Proper disposal of Protected Health Information is an OCR hot spot. Ensuring the safety [...] - Human Resources:
Phrase Your Employee Feedback Constructively
Watch out for this common supervisory mistake when furnishing staff criticism. Your employees look to [...] - Industry Note:
Beat OASIS Matching Edit With These Tips
Resubmitting the same claim without changing anything won't help. Autocorrection of the Medicare beneficiary number [...] - Industry Note:
Hospice TPE Results Held Up
Home health agencies might be getting some vital Targeted Probe & Educate info from HHH [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare Focuses On Rural DME
On the heels of Medicare's Rural Health Strategy announcement (see Eli's HCW, Vol. XXVII, No. [...] - Industry Note:
Check This Hospice List
In light of increasing medical review from an array of sources, hospices may want to [...] - Industry Note:
MBIs From MAC Portal Lookup OK To Use
Don't worry about getting your patients' new Medicare numbers before they do using the newly [...] - Industry Note:
ESRD Patients Underserved By Hospice
Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease aren't receiving as much hospice care as they should. So [...] - Industry Note:
Shorter HH Visits Increase Hospital Readmissions
Looking for a way to achieve the holy grail of reducing your patients' hospital readmissions? [...] - Industry Note:
Health System Partners With Private Duty Co
Another approach to reducing hospitalizations can be seen in a new private pay partnership. Salt Lake [...] - Industry Note:
Compare Data Updated
Take a look at your data on Hospice Compare, if you haven't done so since [...] - Industry Note:
MI HHA Owner Guilty
Detroit-area home health agency owner Zahir Shah had pled guilty to Medicare fraud charges in [...]
