Home Health & Hospice Week
Note This Important Hospice Compare Date
Aug. 15 is the freeze date for the next Hospice Compare refresh, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official noted in the agency’s July 9 Open Door Forum for home health and hospice providers. In last year’s 2019 payment rule, CMS shortened the freeze date to about 4.5 months after the relevant quarter (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. XXVII, No. 29). Plus: You can get some help figuring out your Hospice Quality Reporting Program Review and Correct Reports, a CMS staffer said in the forum. Access the slides for CMS’s June 11 webinar on the topic at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Hospice-Quality-Reporting/Hospice-Quality-Reporting-Training-Training-and-Education-Library.html — scroll down to the “Downloads” section.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Hospice:
CMS Proceeds With Care Level Pay Rebalancing, Hospice Election Addendum
Agency turns a deaf ear to many criticisms in 2020 final rule. Hospice providers that [...] - Review Choice Demonstration:
You're Up: Ohio Is Next State To Start RCD
HHAs may be reaching their breaking point. Medicare is launching the Review Choice Demonstration in [...] - Review Choice Demonstration:
Which Option Will Ohio Agencies Favor?
Industry reps clears up some TPE confusion. Ohio home health agencies have a big choice [...] - Therapy:
Beef Up Maintenance Therapy Documentation For Proposal
Therapist-assistant collaboration will be critical. In a rule covering sweeping changes from the Patient-Driven Groupings [...] - Medical Review:
You May Be Furnishing Maintenance Therapy, And Not Even Know It
Ward off denials by adopting the maintenance mindset. If you think a new provision changing [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
OIG Reports May Result In Tougher Scrutiny
Lawmakers demand CMS take action. Hopes that two recent reports from a government watchdog agency [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Sets PDGM Call
Tune in for new info. You may be able to kick your PDGM preparation into [...] - Industry Note:
Hospice Assessment Tool Focus Groups To Form
If you’d like to influence the development of the hospice patient assessment tool, now’s your [...] - Industry Note:
Note This Important Hospice Compare Date
Aug. 15 is the freeze date for the next Hospice Compare refresh, a Centers for [...] - Industry Note:
Physicians Indicted In Relation To Home Care
Three medical clinic personnel in Houston have been indicted on fraud charges related to home [...] - Industry Note:
Patient Recruiter Convicted In Detroit
A Detroit federal jury has convicted a patient recruiter of fraud in a $1.3 million [...] - Industry Note:
Senior Living Company Expands HHA
Senior living company Friendship Village in Chesterfield, Missouri, has acquired a Medicare-certified home health agency [...]
