Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Tap This Free PEPPER Report Training
Published on Fri Jun 14, 2019
To help you use your new hospice PEPPER report to its fullest, you can now tune in to a recording of Medicare’s recent webinar on the topic. The 50-minute WebEx recorded May 16, addressing the new PEPPER reports released in April, is at https://pepper.cbrpepper.org/Training-Resources/Hospices/Hospice-PEPPER-Review. You can also download a transcript of the session, and a question-and-answer set that addresses, among other topics, the differences between the site of service codes Q5003 and Q5004.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Diagnosis Coding:
Take These 10 Steps To Bolster Coding Under PDGM
Your reimbursement will depend on diagnosis coding more than ever before. With the Patient-Driven Groupings [...] - Patient-Driven Groupings Model:
Cope With Your Boomerang Codes Before You Get PDGM Denials
Now’s the time to start examining your coding practices. Most home health agencies’ chief concern [...] - Diagnosis Coding:
Brainstorm Alternatives To These Top 10 RTP Codes
These codes won’t cut it any more under PDGM. You need to be scrutinizing your [...] - Quality:
Delayed Readmissions Quality Measure To Debut In October
You’ll get an advance look at your stats this month. Four new quality measures went [...] - Review Choice Demonstration:
RCD Agencies Will See More Review Choices Soon
Don’t expect to bill patients for denied services. Illinois home health agencies that didn’t achieve [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
OIG Estimates $10.5 Million Overpayment From 38 Claims
Audited HHA blasts OIG for contracting out its claims review. A federal watchdog agency continues [...] - Industry Note:
Senior Medicare Patrol Fights Home Health Fraud
Project reached 1.7 million people last year. The fanfare over the Senior Medicare Patrol has [...] - Industry Note:
Trump Administration Celebrates Reg Relief
You may feel like you’re drowning in paperwork and red tape, but the Centers for [...] - Industry Note:
Get QIO Info Straight For Your Patient Notices
If you are unclear on whether Kepro or Livanta is your Beneficiary and Family Centered [...] - Industry Note:
Tap This Free PEPPER Report Training
To help you use your new hospice PEPPER report to its fullest, you can now [...] - Industry Note:
Keep Up With New PACE Program Changes
Medicare has made the first major changes to PACE regulations since 2006, the Centers for [...]
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