Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes
• CMS's take on the new 12-month deadline for submitting Medicare claims will make the time limit even shorter for home health agencies. Medicare will use a claim's "from" date to start the 12-month submission clock, it says in new instructions about the requirement that was included in the PPACA law. "Maintaining the start-of-care or 'from' date for an episode of care as the beginning of the oneyear claim filing countdown will shorten the filing timeline for home health to 10 months in some cases," the National Association for Home Care & Hospice protests. "Because a home health claim may not be submitted prior to the end of an episode -- which could be 60 days -- two months will already have ticked down in instances of a full 60-day episode." NAHC has urged CMS to count the 12 months from the end of the home health episode instead, the trade group says. More information about the 12-month deadline for submitting claims is in a new MLN Matters article at www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM6960.pdf.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Fraud & Abuse:
Senate Puts Home Health Therapy In The Hot Seat
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Drop A 'Jr.' In A Patient's Name And Face Denials With 5010
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5 Tips Help You Steer Clear of Sharps Injuries
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Know Your Options for Managing Needlestick Injuries
You should consider HIV prophylaxis for an employee in this scenario. Picture this: You're administering [...] - Competitive Bidding:
Campaign To Repeal Bidding Hits Roadblocks
Repeal would cost $9.6 billion, CBO says. Durable medical equipment suppliers desperately want an end [...] - Industry Notes:
Watch For New CHOW Guidance To Replace Current Rule
Change in rule will help only some HHA ownership transitions. The feds have rescinded their [...] - Industry Notes
• The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice plan to [...] - Industry Notes
• Just when you thought you could rest on your HIPAA laurels, a new case [...] - Industry Notes
• If your Medicare contractor identified an overpayment that the Medicare program paid you and [...] - Industry Notes
• The Florida Medicaid program plans to use voice recognition technology to fight home care-related [...] - Industry Notes
• If you're owed more money on a claim that was submitted and processed before [...] - Industry Notes
• CMS's take on the new 12-month deadline for submitting Medicare claims will make the [...] - Industry Notes
• Don't bother sending in certification for your psych nurses -- it's no longer necessary. "The [...] - Industry Notes
• Gentiva Health Services Inc. saw its profits cut nearly in half in the latest [...] - Industry Notes
• Amedisys Inc. will be one of the agencies receiving a piece of the pay [...] - Industry Notes
• Authorities arrested an HHA owner in Orange, N.J. on charges that his agency billed [...]
