Home Health & Hospice Week
Health System Self-Discloses HH & Hospice Errors, Pays $18M
A health system is forking over more than $18 million for bogus home health and hospice claims, the Department of Justice says in a release. Geisinger Community Health Services in Pennsylvania has agreed to pay $18.5 million “to resolve allegations of civil liability for submitting claims to Medicare for hospice and home health services that violated Medicare rules and regulations. GCHS voluntarily disclosed the violations,” the DOJ says. Between January 2012 and December 2017, GCHS entity claims “violated Medicare rules and regulations regarding physician certifications of terminal illness, patient elections of hospice care, and physician face-to-face encounters with home health patients,” the DOJ reveals.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Value-Based Purchasing:
HHAs Get Breathing Room On Value-Based Purchasing
This time next year you should be putting finishing touches on your VBP implementation plans. [...] - Payment:
National Cohorts Here To Stay, As Is Risk Level
Watch for the VBP base year to possibly change. While the one-year delay to Home [...] - Patient-Driven Groupings Model:
‘Surprise Pay Boost’ Features In 2022 Final Rule
CMS expects to fund more outlier episodes. The 2022 home health final rule may not [...] - Reimbursement:
CMS Shuts Down HHAs On Behavioral Adjustment
Is the budget neutrality cup half full or half empty? Home health agencies have been [...] - OASIS:
HHAs’ OASIS-E Reprieve Cut Short By Final Rule
Watch for draft of revamped assessment tool in early summer. If you’re under pressure from [...] - Conditions of Participation:
HHAs Win Important Change In Aide Supervision Flexibility
CMS tries for middle ground with change to observation for aides of nonskilled patients. A [...] - Therapy:
Permanent OT Assessments For Therapy-Only Cases Sail Through Finalization
Cases involving nursing are still status quo — at least for now. A Consolidated Appropriations [...] - Quality:
Get To Know Your New HCI Components
Say goodbye to current hospitalization measures, and hello to a new ‘potentially preventable’ hospitalization measure. [...] - Hospice:
Hospices Secure Some Key Changes In Coming Survey Revamp
Special Focus Program taken off fast track. The 2022 home health final rule will make [...] - Industry Note:
Home Infusion Rates To Increase 5%
New benefit sees a pay bump. Home health agencies aren’t the only ones seeing a [...] - Industry Notes:
Health System Self-Discloses HH & Hospice Errors, Pays $18M
A health system is forking over more than $18 million for bogus home health and [...] - Industry Notes:
Beware Tricky NOA Submissions
Don’t forget that home health Notices of Admission are “right around the corner,” emphasized a [...]
