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Published on Thu Jul 19, 2012

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Home Health & Hospice Week

Survey & Certification:
Surveyors Gain New Arsenal Of Tools In Proposed Rule
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Enforcement:
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Regulations:
Surveyors To Use 6 Factors When Setting CMP Rates, Other Sanctions
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Compliance:
Alternative Sanctions Come With A Silver Lining
Informal dispute resolution will give agencies a chance to point out surveyor mistakes.Medicare's newly proposed [...]

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Whistleblower Lawsuit Leads To Hospice GIP Settlement
Atlanta hospice forks over half-million dollars to lay fraud charges to rest.You'd better make sure [...]

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Your CAHPS Data Is Showing
Your Home Health CAHPS patient satisfaction data is now up on the Home Health Compare [...]

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Outlier Payments Still Aren't Fixed
You'll have to wait a while longer for your outlier reimbursement. The Centers for Medi-care [...]

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CMS To Base ACH Rate On Claims Data -- Not OASIS
Don't be surprised to see your acute care hospitalization (ACH) outcome data change. CMS plans [...]

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Use This Free Hospice Quality Reporting Training
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ACOs Continue To Expand
Still trying to figure out exactly what your role should be in Medicare's Accountable Care [...]

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Docs Face 27% Pay Cut
Expect your referring physicians to be scrambling as their 27 percent Medicare pay cut looms [...]

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CMS To Collect Data On Therapy Patient Function
Wondering how CMS may reconfigure the therapy portion of home health payment rates? Take a [...]

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NYC Aides Win OT Suit
The battle over the federal "companionship exemption" to overtime laws continues, but that may not [...]

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Detroit HHA Owners Face Kickback, Fraud Charges
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