Home Health & Hospice Week
Some De-Identified CAHPS Data Banned
Home health agencies trying to figure out how patient satisfaction varies among different types of patients won't get much help from their HHCAHPS data. CMS has prohibited Home Health Con-sumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Sys-tems survey vendors from providing de-identified data from the "About You" section of the survey (Questions 26-32) to agencies unless patients consent to share the data. "Without the patient's consent to share his or her survey responses, providing survey responses to the questions that ask for health status and demographic information ... may enable HHAs with small sample sizes to link survey responses to a specific patient," HHCAHPS vendor RTI explains on the CAHPS website. It is still acceptable to provide de-identified survey responses to the core HHCAHPS questions (Questions 1-- 25), RTI allows.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Hospice:
Hospices Brace For Modest 0.9% Pay Increase
Wage index adjustment strips $100 million from hospice payments in 2013.Medicare payment reform is on [...] - ICD-9:
CMS Cracks Down On Diagnosis Coding For Hospice Patients
The codes you put on your claims will help shape hospice payment reform, CMS warns. [...] - Diagnosis Coding:
Use These 3 Tips To Ramp Up On Hospice Coding
Pointer: You don't necessarily have to hire a credentialed coder.Hospices that haven't been complying with [...] - Industry Note:
HHA Must Pay Nearly $200K In Age Discrimination Lawsuit
Don't underestimate the reputational costs of HR-related legal action.You're facing increased financial risk in the [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Wants Bigger Wage-Adjusted Portion For Home Health PPS Rates
Your stake in the wage index lottery is going to get higher next year, if [...] - Industry Note:
Beware Group NPIs On Your HHA Claims
If you're using the wrong physician NPI on your claims, expect some communication from your [...] - Industry Note:
Some De-Identified CAHPS Data Banned
Home health agencies trying to figure out how patient satisfaction varies among different types of [...] - Industry Note:
Switch To 5010 RAs Before Aug. 1 Deadline
You'd better switch over to the 5010 version of electronic remittance advices (835s) by the [...] - Industry Note:
ICD-11 Implementation Still A Long Way Off
Despite endorsement of a direct move to ICD-11 from the American Medical Association and others, [...] - Industry Note:
Know Which Supplies To Include On HH Claims
Confused over how to bill your supplies under home health PPS? HHH Medicare Admini-strative Contractor [...] - Industry Note:
Follow This Tip For Faster CERT Review Resolution
For faster resolution of your claims reviewed under the Comprehensive Error Rate Test-ing program, don't [...] - Industry Note:
Health System Sells Home Care Unit To VNA
VNA Care Network & Hospice of Worcester, Mass., plans to buy UMass Memorial Home Health [...] - Industry Note:
PTA Poser Pleads Guilty In Detroit Fraud Case
Another guilty plea has come out of the $13.8 million fraud case against Detroit-area HHAs [...]
