Home Health & Hospice Week
New Fire Safety Requirements Hit Hospices This Summer
Check Medicare’s latest fire safety requirements to see whether your hospice inpatient facility may be affected.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule on the requirements in the May 4 Federal Register. The rule, effective July 5, adopts the 2012 Life Safety Code requirements issued by the National Fire Protection Association for a number of facilities including hospices.
Revision: The requirement for window sills to be no higher than 36 inches above the floor is for new constructions only, CMS clarifies in the final rule at https://federalregister.gov/a/2016-10043.
Do this: “Providers should monitor how state surveyors interpret and apply the Final Rule,” advises law firm Hall Render in analysis.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Enrollment:
Your Enrollment Burden To Get Significantly Heavier Under Proposed Rule
Reg can result in de facto exclusions. Get ready to lay out major time and [...] - Regulations:
Target Program Integrity Efforts For Enrollment
Providers won’t be the only ones affected. Newly proposed fraud-fighting provisions in Medicare’s proposed rule [...] - Compliance:
Lookback Period One Of Enrollment Reg's Biggest Flaws
Rule needs a host of changes to be workable, commenters insisted. A new proposed rule [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
Enrollment Rule Contains Good News On Moratoria
CMS wants to correct devastating provision. It may be too late for some providers, but [...] - Enrollment:
Stay Alert For Revalidation Date
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New Overtime Rule Could Affect Your Agency
DOL more than doubles OT salary threshold. The overtime hits just keep coming to home [...] - Industry Note:
GAO Wants Prepay Review From RACs
You’ll face more prepayment medical review if the Government Accountability Office gets its way. And [...] - Industry Note:
Vaccination Billing To Ease For Hospices
Medicare is removing one billing hassle for hospices this fall. Old way: Currently, hospices must [...] - Industry Note:
Review PPS Basics With Free Updated Tool
If you’re looking for a brief educational tool on the Home Health Prospective Payment System, [...] - Industry Note:
New Fire Safety Requirements Hit Hospices This Summer
Check Medicare’s latest fire safety requirements to see whether your hospice inpatient facility may be [...] - Industry Note:
Investment Firm Makes $65 Million Home Care Buy
Private investment firm Blue Wolf Capital will acquire National Home Health Care Corp. for $65 [...] - Industry Note:
Paper Records Still Pose HIPAA Threat, Breach Shows
Don’t focus all your HIPAA compliance efforts on electronic PHI. In a HIPAAbreach reported April [...]
