Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Register Now For Therapy Functional Reporting Call
Published on Thu Dec 06, 2012
Want to get up-to-speed on therapy functional reporting? CMS is holding a National Provider Call on Wednesday, Dec. 12 to help providers prepare for 2013’s new functional reporting requirements for outpatient therapy services -- physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech language pathology services.
"Preparing for Therapy Functional Reporting Implementation in CY 2013" will run from 1:30pm until 3:00pm, ending with a question-and-answer forum. The call will also cover how to report the 42 new non-payable functional G-codes and seven new severity/complexity modifiers.
Registration is now open. For more information or to register, go to http://www.eventsvc.com/blhtechnologies.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Regulations:
Don't Count An Extra Therapy Visit By Mistake Under New Rules
Final rule language leaves many agencies with wrong impression, expert warns. If you thought you [...] - Hospice:
Use Correct Patient Status Codes, CMS Urges Hospices
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OIG OKs Free Program Offering Non-Skilled Services
3 factors keep proposed arrangement in the clear. The OIG has put its stamp of [...] - Kickbacks:
Beware Pitfalls In Furnishing Bridge Services
Follow these 5 steps to compliance. If you want to protect your free services program [...] - Industry Note:
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But HHAs aren't doing too badly at all. The percentage of home health agencies that [...] - Industry Note:
Study Points To Enrollment Policies As Factor In Hospice Underuse
Payment limitations may be more of a factor in hospice underuse than many providers think. [...] - Industry Note:
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If you’re seeing more returned claims due to a patient name or HIC number mismatch [...] - Industry Note:
Get SNF Hospice Patient And Enrollment Answers From Palmetto
A recent question-and-answer session with Palmetto GBA revealed helpful advice from a panel of Medicare [...] - Industry Note:
Register Now For Therapy Functional Reporting Call
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SEC Concludes Financial Compliance Investigation
Recently completed Securities and Exchange Commission investigations handed down a clean bill of financial-compliance health [...] - Industry Note:
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HHA Closes After Losing Medicare, Medicaid Payment
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