Home Health & Hospice Week
Medicare Launches Next Phase Of Its 'Patients Over Paperwork' Initiative
Do you think the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is living up to the ideals of its "Patients Over Paperwork" initiative? Under the program launched by CMS Administrator Seema Verma, "we established an internal process to evaluate and streamline regulations to reduce unnecessary burden; increase efficiencies; and improve the beneficiary experience," CMS says in a message to providers. "CMS is moving the needle and removing regulatory obstacles that get in the way of providers spending time with patients," the agency says on its website for the topic. See the first of a series of "regular" newsletters on the initiative at www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/Partnerships/PatientsOverPaperwork.html.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Medical Review:
MACs Ramp Up Targeted Probe & Educate In New Year
Take these 5 steps to head off TPE disaster. Be sure you're ready as the [...] - Hospice:
Hospices Are On The TPE Hot Seat For These Topics
A second MAC reveals some of its TPE targets. While providers are still figuring out [...] - Conditions of Participation:
Forge Ahead With CoPs Despite Lack Of Final Interpretive Guidelines
Final IGs won't differ much from draft anyway, CMS source maintains. If you thought you'd [...] - Compliance:
Keep Your Texting In Compliance With Recently Clarified Medicare Guidance
Texting physician orders is never OK, CMS stresses. Unsecured texting may be one of the [...] - Reimbursement:
Electronic NOE Submission Problems Dog Hospices
One MAC is using a workaround to let NOEs process via EDI - but the [...] - Industry Note:
Goodbye Cardiac & Hip Bundling Models, Hello BCPI Advanced
How will new bundling models affect you? To many providers' relief, the Centers for Medicare [...] - Industry Note:
Fate Of Rural Add-On May Be Decided By Congress In Coming Days
Keep an eye on Congress to see whether the rural add-on remains eliminated. "We believe [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare Launches Next Phase Of Its 'Patients Over Paperwork' Initiative
Do you think the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is living up to the [...] - Industry Note:
Don't Dally In Compiling Your Data If You Think You Exceeded The Hospice Cap Last Year
One HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor is still sending hospices their PS&R data for purposes of [...] - Industry Note:
New Year, New (Higher) Mileage Rate
Don't forget to adjust your travel reimbursement amount, if you tie it to the Internal [...] - Industry Note:
HHS Extends Health Emergency Periods In These Areas
Recovery from Hurricane Maria has prompted the Department of Health and Human Services to push [...]
