Home Health & Hospice Week
Medicare Makes Changes To LCD Process
You may be hearing more about Local Coverage Decisions from your Medicare Administrative Contractor. As part of its Patients over Paperwork initiative, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has implemented a number of LCD process changes, CMS says on its PoP webpage. Among them is revising MAC instructions “to make sure they notify the public that LCD decisions have been published and give the web link to the final decision.” Other changes to the LCD process include revising MAC instructions to make sure MACs finalize or retire all proposed LCDs within a rolling year of the proposed LCD’s publication date; making Contractor Advisory Committee meetings open to the public; and revising MAC instructions to make the LCD process consistent across all regions. See more at www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/Partnerships/PatientsOverPaperwork.html. An example of a recently revised home health decision is the Home Health Speech Language Pathology (L34563) HHH LCD at www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/lcd-details.aspx?LCDId=34563, effective April 4.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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Beware: New HHA Cost Report May Give Rise To Rebasing
New hourly wage calculation will prove crucial to future rate reductions, expert predicts. A new [...] - Hospice:
CMS Pulls The Trigger On Hospice Payment Level Rebalancing
So-called ‘budget-neutral’ rebalancing will really mean a cut to hospice pay. After years of criticizing [...] - Finance:
Here's Why Hospice Cost Reports Matter
HHAs, pay attention. While Medicare’s proposal to rebalance hospice payment between care levels isn’t exactly [...] - Regulations:
Hospice Proposed Rule To Add Major Election Burden
Plus: Regulation also addresses wage index, HQRP, and alternative care models. Hospices will have to [...] - Industry Note:
Check Out Your OASIS-D Tool
Are you ready to collect these 2 newly added items at Follow-Up? Medicare may have [...] - Industry Note:
Personal Care Services Come Under The Microscope
Medicaid home care services have been on the HHS Office of Inspector General’s hit list [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare Board Of Trustees Gauges Cost Growth
Don’t be surprised to see Medicare officials trying to tighten budget belts even further. In [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare Makes Changes To LCD Process
You may be hearing more about Local Coverage Decisions from your Medicare Administrative Contractor. As [...] - Industry Note:
Yet More RHC Payment Errors Revealed
Many hospices are not surprised to see a recent Medicare message about Routine Home Care [...] - Industry Note:
ERS Procedures Undergo Overhaul
If you find yourself in a bind and needing an Extended Repayment Schedule from Medicare, [...] - Industry Note:
Broken Equipment Nets You A Fall For J1800
A new quarter has brought a new set of OASIS questions and answers from Medicare. [...] - Industry Note:
California Equity Firm Makes HH Investment
HCAP Partners, a California-based private equity firm, has made an undisclosed “investment” in home health [...] - Industry Note:
Doc Gets 3 Years In Prison For Hospice Fraud
A former physician hospice owner and his business partner have been sentenced to nearly three [...] - Industry Note:
Michigan HHA Owner Draws Lengthy Sentence
A former Michigan home health agency owner has been sentenced to seven years in federal [...]
