Home Health & Hospice Week
See How You Stack Up To Your Peers With Updated Data
If you’re wondering how you compare to your peers, Medicare is offering an updated data resource for you to use. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released the fourth annual Medicare Home Health Agency Utilization and Payment Public Use File covering 2016 data, the agency says in a notice to providers. The file “includes utilization, payment (Medicare payment and Medicare standardized payment), submitted charges, and demographic and chronic condition indicators organized by CMS Certification Number, Home Health Resource Group and state of service,” CMS explains. The data set includes information on 10,139 home health agencies, almost 6 million claims, and $18 billion in Medicare payments for 2016.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Survey & Certification:
Expect Survey Dial To Turn Up To 11
Warning: Learning curve likely steep. Although it may not always feel like it, many states [...] - Compliance:
Language Discrimination Could Top Survey Hit List Under IGs
Tip: Translate your Patient’s Rights notice into top 15 languages, expert advises. Home health agencies [...] - Regulations:
Watch Out For These 2 Survey Hot Spots On Heels Of Final IGs
SOC, reprisal IGs could give agencies trouble. Home health agencies have a lot to worry [...] - Survey & Certification:
Make Sure Your Staff Know What 'Abuse' Means In CoPs
Final Interpretive Guidelines may not jibe with your state laws. Some definition changes in the [...] - Targeted Probe & Educate:
It's Getting Worse: 91% Bomb TPE So Far
One MAC releases new stats about the medical review program. As Targeted Probe & Educate [...] - Medical Review:
Try These 5 Tips To TPE Success
Do you know the difference between your charge error rate and your claim error rate? [...] - Targeted Probe & Educate:
Peruse Latest TPE Top Denial Reasons
Skilled nursing necessity reason slips off top 5 list. There’s one new denial reason in [...] - Industry Note:
Start Countdown To 2019 HH PPS Final Rule
Do HHAs stand a chance against PDGM? The home health industry has bombarded Medicare with [...] - Industry Note:
See How You Stack Up To Your Peers With Updated Data
If you’re wondering how you compare to your peers, Medicare is offering an updated data [...] - Industry Note:
Know What HETS Is Telling You About Hospice Dates
Wondering exactly what you’re looking at in the HIPAA Eligibility Transaction System (HETS)? Medicare wants [...] - Industry Note:
Learn The Latest Medicare Card Info
If you want to get the skinny on new Medicare cards, you can call into [...] - Industry Note:
Keep An Eye Peeled For Your Cap Overpayment Notice
The arrival of September may also mean the arrival of your hospice cap repayment notice. [...] - Industry Note:
Get The Latest Info On HEART Assessment Tool
Medicare is moving forward with its hospice patient assessment tool, even if that progress is [...]
