Home Health & Hospice Week
Provider Relief Fund Reporting Period Starts, With More On The Way
If you received more than $10,000 in one or more Provider Relief Fund (General or Targeted) and/or American Rescue Plan payments from July 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2021 — and used those funds for your agency — it’s time to attest for Reporting Period 4 (RP4). “The deadline to submit a report is March 31,” the Health Resources & Services Administration says on its website. Tip: HRSA published an updated PRF Distributions and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural Distribution Post-Payment Notice of Reporting Requirements on Oct. 27, 2022, HRSA notes. “Key updates include reporting guidance for ARP Rural funding recipients and the addition of reporting periods 5, 6 and 7,” the agency highlights. The new reporting periods will have deadlines of July 1, 2023, Jan. 1, 2024, and July 1, 2024, respectively, HRSA says. More information and links to the portal, the notice, and more resources are at www.hrsa.gov/provider-relief/reporting-auditing.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- OASIS:
Increased OASIS-E Burden Slams HHAs
Agencies are ringing in the new year with increased workloads. OASIS updates always strain home [...] - Billing:
Review Your NOA Processes In Wake Of Related System Changes Jan. 1
Reminder: No NOA means no reimbursement. One Notice of Admission Medicare claims system change that [...] - Reimbursement:
Don’t Let Coding, HIPPS Code Mismatches Derail Your NOAs
Plus: A centralized billing goof could doom your reimbursement. Knowing what not to do is [...] - Regulations:
CMS Issues New VBP Resources
Rural add-on extension officially hits the books. Don’t neglect Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing, just [...] - Hospice:
Hospices’ Reporting Burden Will Increase, If GAO Gets Its Way
Additional reporting makes sense for hospitals and SNFs, not hospices, HHS maintains. Hospices aren’t doing [...] - Labor Law:
FTC Proposes Ditching Non-Competes Across The Board
Give the feds your 2 cents by March 10. Your labor landscape could look very [...] - Industry Note:
COVID PHE Extended Again — Perhaps For The Last Time
Enjoy those PHE-affiliated regulatory flexibilities while you can. On Jan. 11, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra [...] - Industry Note:
VBID Hospice Carve-In Letter To Hit Hospice Mailboxes
Hospices should soon see a letter in their mailboxes aiming to explain the Medicare Advantage [...] - Industry Note:
Provider Relief Fund Reporting Period Starts, With More On The Way
If you received more than $10,000 in one or more Provider Relief Fund (General or [...] - Industry Note:
Combat High GIP Claim Denial Rate With New MAC Education
The hospice General Inpatient (GIP) level of care is under heavy scrutiny, so a new [...] - Industry Note:
Email Hacking Leads To HIPAA Breach At Southern Hospice Chain
A hospice chain has had to report a HIPAA data breach. On Dec. 22, 2022, [...]
