Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes
Published on Tue Mar 23, 2010
• CMS isn't planning on releasing thespecifics of its financial standards for DME competitive bidding, the agency's Joel Kaiser said in the April 14 Open Door Forum for home care providers. That's because if CMS released the specific financial thresholds it calculates for awarding contracts, they could be manipulated by bidders and compromise the integrity of the program, Kaiser explained to one caller.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Regulations:
Licensure & Accreditation Request To Hit All HHAs
CAHPS deadline, OASIS C Manual among other topics raised in Open Door Forum. Don't breathe [...] - Reimbursement:
Submit Your RAPs Quickly To Keep Supplies Billing On Track
Don't shirk your consolidated billing duties, the feds tell home care providers. Are you doing [...] - Legislation:
Face-To-Face Requirement Applies To Hospices Only,CMS Clarifies
Hospices are in for more medical review under health care reform package. The new health [...] - Pay for Performance:
3 Of 4 P4P Demo Regions See Savings
Agencies in non-savings area 'disappointed' to miss out on program rewards. Lots of home health [...] - Enrollment:
New PECOS Rules May Lighten Home Care Providers' Load
Non-Medicare physicians now can enroll in PECOS, CMS says. Home care providers will soon see [...] - Industry Notes:
Beware Unintentional Upcoding With Managed Care Patients
Do you know when to count episodes as 'early' or 'late' after patients' Medicare Advantage enrollment [...] - Industry Notes
• Watch out for errors on your 1099 Misc form, or you could be in [...] - Industry Notes
• CMS isn't planning on releasing thespecifics of its financial standards for DME competitive bidding, [...] - Industry Notes
• Don't worry that surveyors will be using your OASIS C data to target survey [...] - Industry Notes
• If you've got questions about the recovery audit contractors (RACs), a new series of [...] - Industry News
• When you're working out your plan to transition to ICD-10 diagnosis coding, don't expect [...] - Industry News
• Don't forget to take a moment next month to recognize your nursing staff's efforts. [...] - Industry News
• If you want to steer clear of fraud and abuse charges from Medicare, you [...] - Industry News
• Short funds are leading to short-sighted thinking by some state legislators. The Missouri state [...] - Industry News
• The pitfalls of Medicare competitive bidding for durable medical equipment are getting some mainstream [...] - Industry News
• Medicare isn't the only place where home care fraud is giving legit providers a [...]
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