Home Health & Hospice Week
Budget Bill Lacks Typical Bite For 2015
Home care providers can breathe a sigh of relief as Congress has approved a 2015 budget without implementing any additional reimbursement cuts for HHAs or hospices.
The bill (H.R. 83) leaves CMS’s funding frozen at 2014 levels, notes law firm Hall Render. The bill also rescinds $10 million in funding for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB).
The legislation “will keep the government funded for nine more months, averting another shutdown until the end of FY2015,” notes the National Association for Home Care & Hospice. “The bill was essentially a continuation of the $1.1 trillion budget deal that was brokered back in January between House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash.).”
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Face-To-Face:
Medicare Adds 800,000 F2Fs A Year To HHAs' Workload
Watch out if you carry a heavy managed care patient load. How you currently handle [...] - Know Your Facts:
Feds Examine Subsequent SOC Episodes For F2F
Subsequent SOC episodes have different diagnosis about ¾ of the time, data reveal. The Centers [...] - Quality:
Get Ready For A 5-Star Rating System On HH Compare
CMS proposes 10 measures for inclusion in star calculation. Wondering why you should care about [...] - Quality:
Polish Up These 10 Measures Selected To Calculate Your Star Rating
Acute hospitalization is included. Medicare officials say they gave a lot of thought to which [...] - OASIS:
Say Hello To New Year, Goodbye To Flu Confusion On OASIS-C1
Reorganization takes the guesswork out of vaccine items. The flu vaccine OASIS questions have tripped [...] - OASIS:
Boost Your Quality Measures With Accurate Vaccine Info On OASIS-C1
Do you know the ropes of the new vaccine items? The flu vaccine items aren’t [...] - HIPAA:
Emergencies Don't Trump Your HIPAA Requirements, HHS Says
Ebola sparks new HIPAA guidance. Do you know your patients’ HIPAA privacy rights in emergency [...] - Referrals:
Help Physicians Obtain Chronic Care Management Payment With These 6 Requirements
Hopefully Medicare’s red tape won’t keep your physicians from claiming their chronic care management pay. [...] - OASIS:
Prepare Now For Summer OASIS Benchmark
Tap data already available to you. Baby, it’s cold outside — but the feds are [...] - Assessment:
Look For Silver Lining In Assessment Changes
IMPACT Act could pave the way for increased home care usage. Get ready for a [...] - Industry Notes:
OIG Highlights HHA, Hospice Fraud & Noncompliance In Semiannual Report
Fraudulent Texas physician gets the spotlight. Even though the physician narrative for face-to-face goes away [...] - Industry Notes:
Budget Bill Lacks Typical Bite For 2015
Home care providers can breathe a sigh of relief as Congress has approved a 2015 [...] - Industry Notes:
Plan Around OASIS Dead Zone This Month
Reminder: The state-based OASIS submission system is scheduled to shut down permanently at 6 p.m. [...]
