Home Health & Hospice Week
Preview Your Star Rating Data For Next Quarter
Don’t be surprised if the data in your HHA star preview reports doesn’t match what went up on the Home Health Compare website Oct. 8.
“Measure values were recalculated after the dissemination of the preview reports to include any late or corrected submission received after measure values were initially calculated, for each month during the 12-month reporting period,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says in an email to providers. Any differences should be small and do not affect the Quality of Patient Care star rating, or any of the measures included in its calculation, the agency reassures. “Going forward, the data tables used to calculate measures for Home Health Compare will be updated prior to the dissemination of the preview reports to capture any late or corrected OASIS submissions, and then frozen until display on Home Health Compare,” CMS pledges.
Meanwhile, the star ratings that will go on the site in January are now available in your CASPER folders for review, CMS says. “The deadline to submit a request to have the star rating data suppressed is October 17,” the agency adds.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Value-Based Purchasing:
Focus On Improvement Over Stabilization Major Drawback To Value-Based Purchasing
VBP model’s set-up will encourage providers to cherry pick patients, commenters warned. Commenters on the [...] - Prospective Payment System:
One Agency's Stabilization Scenario
HHAs serving chronic populations will suffer under VBP, commenter said. Many providers and industry reps [...] - Labor Law:
Comply With Elimination Of Companionship Exemption By Oct. 13
Start tracking hours carefully. The day many home health agencies were hoping would never come [...] - Reimbursement:
CMS Clarifies Physician Service Length Estimate
Estimate needn’t be a separate form or order, MAC says. Home health agencies are taking [...] - Hospice:
Aggressive Admissions Net Hospice $3 Million Fraud Settlement
Whistleblowers will receive half a million. If you expect your employees to keep your operational [...] - Industry Note:
Software Problems Don't Excuse You From ICD-10
Don’t submit paper claims unless you qualify for an exception. If your claim submission software [...] - Industry Note:
Access Free Benchmarks
Medicare’s PEPPER contractor is bringing out the big guns in its attempt to persuade hold-outs [...] - Industry Note:
Heed These Hospice Item Set Pointers From CMS
If you haven’t set up a HIS core team, you’re not following CMS’s advice on [...] - Industry Note:
Improper Signatures Torpedo Appeals
Don’t shoot yourself in the foot on your Medicare claims appeals. “A paper appeal (faxed [...] - Industry Note:
Hospice MCCM Demo Billing Details Released
The up-to-171 hospices that may participate in the Medicare Care Choices Model may receive less [...] - Industry Note:
Preview Your Star Rating Data For Next Quarter
Don’t be surprised if the data in your HHA star preview reports doesn’t match what [...] - Industry Note:
Health System Taps Chain To Manage Home Health Unit
The trend of health system-home care partnerships continues, this time in the form of a [...] - Industry Note:
Sunshine State HHA Joins Post-Acute Chain
Preferred Home Health Services in Orlando, Fla., has joined the Greystone Health Network in Tampa [...]
