Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes
• If you feel like the authorities have turned a deaf ear when you've tried to report fraud in the home care industry, a new form from the HHS Office of Inspector General might help. The OIG has a newly updated fraud hotline website that includes "an online complaint form that prompts users to provide relevant and complete information," the watchdog agency says. "This new system should result in a more expeditious referral of tips to the field for potential investigations, audits, and/or monetary recoveries." Individuals can still report fraud via phoneor mail as well, the OIG notes. The hotline website is at www.oig.hhs.gov/fraud/hotline/ and the new online fraud form is at www.oig.hhs.gov/report_fraud/OIGFraudForm.asp.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Hospice:
Gentiva To Buy Odyssey For Nearly $1 Billion
Don't expect your hospice's valuation to go up as a result, one expert cautions. It's [...] - Mergers & Acquisitions; Home Health Deals Continue To Build
Check out the decade's largest home health transactions. Despite uncertain Medicare reimbursement and other pitfalls, [...] - Audits:
RACs Can No Longer Keep Fees After Losing Appeals
Plus: You'll soon be able to review the most common errors that the RACs find. [...] - Know Your Facts:
Recovery Audit Contractors: Know These RAC Fast Facts
RACs are just another tool in the government's arsenal to collect improper payments. You've got [...] - Education:
Sidestep Compliance Landmines With This Training
Check out Eli audioconferences on the CAHPS requirement, joint ventures, wound healing, HIPAA, QAPI, and [...] - Industry Notes:
Keep Track Of Your Incorrect NRS Payments
New system glitch is overpaying claims. Add one more headache to your Medicare claims pain [...] - Industry Notes
• Home care providers may benefit from a lawsuit filed by physician groups over the [...] - Industry Notes
• One part of the regional home health intermediary-to-Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) transition is moving [...] - Industry Notes
• Take time to fill out some user ID-related paperwork if National Government Services is [...] - Industry Notes
• Clinical review judgment (CRJ) may help you if your claims get caught up in [...] - Industry Notes
• Palmetto GBA's April 30 deadline to send in licensure information may be past, but [...] - Industry Notes
• Four new individuals will be helping decide the fate of your Medicare reimbursement. The [...] - Industry Notes
• If you feel like the authorities have turned a deaf ear when you've tried [...] - Industry Notes
• An April fix for the Medicare claims system incorrectly applying U5181 didn't work, reports [...] - Industry Notes
• Baton Rouge, La.-based LHC Group Inc. plans to buy Twin Falls, Idaho-based Idaho Home [...]
