Home Health & Hospice Week
Turn To These Resources For OASIS Coding Info
Wondering how to correct your OASIS coding when necessary? The Interpretive Guide-lines at 42 CFR 484.48 state that home health agencies may create policies for OASIS correction. Any corrections made must have the clinician's agreement, but the guidelines also state that the policy should be flexible for supervisors to be able to make a change without the clinician's approval in case of staff turnover. See www.cms.gov/manuals/Downloads/som107ap_b_hha.pdf for more. CMS's OASIS Q&As at www.qtso.com/hha download.html say the assessing clinician must determine the primary and secondary diagnoses and their severity. Another Q&A states that the coders cannot change the coding, even for technical errors, unless the clinician agrees. There are exceptions in the absence of the clinician, but certain criteria must be met. Those criteria can also be found in the OASIS Q&A's dated October 2011.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Hospice:
Hospice Pay Cut Threatens 2013 Reimbursement
MedPAC commissioners take aim at long stays. You'll have a new hospice quality reporting requirement [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
For-Profit Hospices Draw MedPAC Commissioners' Ire
Too many too quickly, influential advisory body to Congress feels. For-profit hospices running legitimate operations [...] - Prospective Payment System:
Welcome Dementia Code Points To 2012 Case Mix
Watch for these case mix additions and deletions that took effect Jan. 1. The loss [...] - Referrals:
Help Docs Gain Rightful Pay For CPO Services
Tip: Docs can use a 'cheat sheet' to make CPO documentation easier. Physicians may be [...] - Education:
Get Training On These Coding Curveballs
Plus: Examine how the PPS rates that took effect Jan. 1 will impact your patient [...] - Industry Note:
Eliminating Companionship Exemption A No-Win Move
Comments on the proposal are due next month. The Department of Labor's proposal to eliminate [...] - Industry Note:
Correction For Claims Rejection Errors On The Way
You'll have to sit tight to wait for a fix for your claims rejecting with [...] - Industry Note:
Use These Billing Pointers For TENS Units
Trying to figure out how to bill therapists' home TENS unit instruction for your outpatient [...] - Industry Note:
Risk Decertification If You Overlook Revalidation Request
You have until Feb. 27 to respond to HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor CGS's request for [...] - Industry Note:
Turn To These Resources For OASIS Coding Info
Wondering how to correct your OASIS coding when necessary? The Interpretive Guide-lines at 42 CFR [...] - Industry Note:
Outlier Payment Calculation Problems Persist
Don't count on your outlier payments being sorted out quite yet. A claims system fix [...] - Industry Note:
OIG Offers Compliance Plan Pointers Online
The OIG is expected to soon make compliance plans required for high-risk providers -- and that [...] - Industry Note:
MI Physicians Indicted In Alleged HHA Fraud Scheme
A Michigan HHA owner and physician has been indicted in federal court on kickback charges. [...] - Industry Note:
Feds Tout 19th Guilty Plea In FL HHA Fraud Bust
The feds have racked up another guilty plea in the fraud bust of ABC Home [...]
