Home Health & Hospice Week
Medicare Shows Its Zeal For Bundling Programs
Home care providers may have heaved a sigh of relief at the three-month delay to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model and Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Model announced recently (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. XXVI, No. 20). But don’t expect the reprieve to last long. “On the surface, Medicare’s announcement of an additional three-month delay in the implementation of mandatory bundles for hip fractures and cardiac episodes sounds like just another delay,” says Brian Ellsworth with the Health Dimensions Group consulting firm. “In fact, when you consider that they could have decided to shelve the rule altogether, it is the opposite. Providers in these mandatory bundling markets should interpret this as a strong signal by the new administration that these programs are a go,” Ellsworth says in analysis posted on the firm’s website. “Ignore these signals at your own peril,” Ellsworth warns.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Therapy:
Follow 8 Documentation Tips To Ward Off Therapy Denials
Denials from Palmetto just keep on coming. One HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor has released results [...] - Medical Review:
Your Therapists Should Know These 11 Items Like The Back Of Their Hands
Is your therapy documentation missing any of these elements? HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA [...] - Hospice:
Weigh Carefully Decision To Reprocess Hospice Claims
The fault is CMS’s, but the work is yours. Will the work of correcting claims [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
OIG Hammers Home Health Fraud In Semiannual Report
Report revisits $3.1 million hospice settlement. Home health agencies are front and center when it [...] - Industry Note:
Bill Would Reform, Not Replace, Face-To-Face
HHA record would count, too. If you’re looking for relief from the burdensome face-to-face requirement, [...] - Industry Note:
Prevent 38157 Rejections With Some Education
Stop clogging up the Medicare claims payment system with duplicate RAPs, one HHH Medicare Administrative [...] - Industry Note:
Review Hospice Compare Preview Before It's Too Late
You’ve got until June 30 to review your Hospice Compare preview report and request review [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare Advantage Plans Scrimp On Care, GAO Says
Home care providers have long contended that Medicare Advantage plans aren’t approving enough home care [...] - Industry Note:
MCCM Nowhere Near Target Participation Number
The changes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has made to the hospice concurrent [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare Shows Its Zeal For Bundling Programs
Home care providers may have heaved a sigh of relief at the three-month delay to [...] - Industry Note:
Prepare Now For Beneficiaries' SSN-Free Medicare Cards
The April 2018 start date for use of Medicare cards with no Social Security Numbers on [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Proposes Extension For HQRP Exception Deadline
The hospice payment proposed rule for 2018 includes new duties and burdens for hospices (see [...]
