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Industry Note:

Note This PEPPER Training Time Change

Published on Fri Jul 13, 2018

Review the most recent home health agency PEPPER benchmarking report in a newly rescheduled July 25 WebEx from Medicare’s PEPPER contractor. Details and login info are at www.pepperresources.org/Training-Resources/Home-Health-Agencies.

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Home Health & Hospice Week

Quality:
Say Farewell To 7 Quality Measures Under Proposed Rule
Dropped measures will come with OASIS changes. Medicare continues to focus on fine-tuning its quality [...]

Regulations:
Revised, Additional Factors To Determine Which Quality Measures Get Dropped
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Prospective Payment System:
Proposed Rule Addresses Remote Monitoring, Home Infusion, VBP, And More
Change could lead to more accurate profit margin figures. Payment reform and rate increases may [...]

OASIS:
Start Your Next OASIS-D Phase With New Manual
CMS plans OASIS-D educational sessions. The wait is over — mostly. Medicare has released the [...]

Patient Driven Groupings Model:
Beware: Pay Reform Impact File Missing Major Adjustment
Plus: See how much Medicare’s behavioural adjustments are stripping from base rate. If you thought [...]

Industry Note:
Note These OASIS Changes In The PPS Proposed Rule
CMS wants to double Medicare spending per beneficiary timeframe. Don’t miss smaller but significant details [...]

Industry Note:
HHAs Don't Qualify For Home Infusion Transitional Payments, CMS Clarifies
If you’re a little confused about the new home infusion benefit that CMS has proposed [...]

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Influential Newspaper Puts Humana Hospice Deals Under The Microscope
Attention from the New York Times is rarely good for Medicare providers. Now the Times [...]

Industry Note:
CMS Issues Latest F2F Template Versions
Check out the latest versions of Medicare’s “clinical templates or suggested clinical data elements (CDEs) [...]

Industry Note:
Note This PEPPER Training Time Change
Review the most recent home health agency PEPPER benchmarking report in a newly rescheduled July [...]

Industry Note:
Pre-Claim Review Urgently Needs Your Attention, Before It's Too Late
Don’t get so distracted by the payment reform proposal and other 2019 HH PPS proposed [...]

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