Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
Add To Your Emergency Prep Toolbox
Published on Fri Jan 20, 2023
Get a head start on planning for the next public health emergency with a new ASPR resource. The HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has shared new emergency preparedness tools, including a 46-page “Partnering with the Healthcare Supply Chain During Disasters” document. The publication “aims to capture key changes during serious or catastrophic events, compared to normal supply chain operations, as well as planning and response contingencies,” ASPR says. A link to the document is at https://asprtracie.hhs.gov/technical-resources/resource/7219/partnering-with-the-healthcare-supply-chain-during-disasters.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Budget:
MedPAC Locks And Loads Home Health, Hospice Pay Cut Recommendations
Push for cap cut is an ‘attack on the hospice benefit itself,’ one expert blasts. It’s official: [...] - Access:
Continued Closures Imperil Access In Certain Areas
Higher costs, staffing shortages cited as reasons. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission claims that patient [...] - Oasis:
January OASIS Q&As; Shed Little Light On OASIS-E Troubles
High-risk drug item confusion persists into the new year. Assessing clinicians continue to struggle with [...] - Reimbursement:
HHAs Hit With 31755 Claim Returns This Month
Don’t make the mistake of reporting the first day of the billing period instead of [...] - Labor Law:
Wage Scheme To Reduce Hourly Rates Won’t Fly With The DOL
2 agencies pay millions in back wages and damages. Wage and hour-based cases continue to [...] - HIPAA:
Right Of Access Already Dominating HIPAA Enforcement In New Year
Just because a patient is deceased doesn’t mean you can slack on producing their records, [...] - HIPAA:
Add These Right Of Access Tips To Your HIPAA Wheelhouse
Remember, ‘happy patients don’t complain to HHS,’ expert highlights. Right of Access enforcement activity is expected to [...] - Industry Notes:
Check In On SNF Programs To Get Sneak Peek At Enforcement
CMS plans to post disputed survey citations on Care Compare. If you’re wondering what the [...] - Industry Notes:
Medicare Overpayment Rules May Change For The Worse
During holiday craziness, you may have missed Medicare’s proposed rule on overpayment procedures — but [...] - Industry Notes:
For-Profit Hospices Targeted Again
Mainstream media outlets aren’t done smearing the hospice industry. Slate.com’s daily What Next podcast took [...] - Industry Notes:
Keep QRP Data Straight With Tips
Finding it hard to keep track of which information is going into your quality measures, [...] - Industry Notes:
PRF Reconsideration Deadline Is Soon
If you think your Provider Relief Fund/American Rescue Plan rural payments weren’t calculated correctly, you [...] - Industry Notes:
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