Home Health & Hospice Week
Care Compare Gets Closer To Normal
Your new hospice numbers are now up on Medicare’s Care Compare website — but maybe not as many numbers as you expected. “Please note that the Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life (HVLDL) and the Hospice Care Index (HCI) claims-based measures have been suppressed by [the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services] for all hospices and will not be publicly displayed for the May 2022 refresh,” CMS says in a message to providers. “CMS is targeting the August 2022 refresh for the inaugural public display of these two new quality measures.” Reminder: “Hospice Item Set (HIS), Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospice Survey, and Claims-based measure scores exclude Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of calendar year 2020,” CMS says. “In addition, state averages will now be displayed for each measure.” The site is at www.medicare.gov/care-compare.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Covid-19 :
Follow These 6 Pointers To Sidestep Vaccination Mandate Trouble At Survey Time
Watch out: Surveyors will be checking for vaccination education. With COVID-19 cases surging once again, [...] - Medical Review:
Understand CERT As Rising Payment Error Rates Invite More Scrutiny
Both home health and hospice error rates climbed in 2021. The home health payment error [...] - Compliance:
Employ Excluded Individuals At Your Own Risk, New OIG Advisory Opinion Says
The labor market may be tight, but is it that tight? For most home health [...] - HIPAA:
Feds Focus On HIPAA Compliance — And Levy Big Fines
Sending political campaign emails and revealing PHI in response to a Google review are a [...] - Industry Notes:
Learn About What’s Ahead With VBID Hospice Carve-In
Get the dates straight for claims denials. It may seem like 2022 just got going, [...] - Industry Notes:
Care Compare Gets Closer To Normal
Your new hospice numbers are now up on Medicare’s Care Compare website — but maybe [...] - Industry Notes:
Home Care Workforce Action Alliance Tackles Staffing Woes
Staff shortages are crippling home care agencies, and now a new organization is taking aim [...] - Industry Notes:
ZPIC Flaws, ALJ Wait Cited In N.C. HHA's Lawsuit
A new lawsuit from a North Carolina home health agency takes aim at the Medicare [...] - Industry Notes:
3-State Chain Grows In North Carolina
Agape Care Group has acquired Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in Forest City, North Carolina, [...] - Industry Notes:
Nonprofit Hospice Alliance Secures VBID Contract
Ohio’s Hospice and Pure Healthcare is now the preferred hospice and palliative care provider for [...] - Industry Notes:
Venerable VNSNY Becomes VNS Health
The Visiting Nurse Service of New York is saying goodbye to its old name and [...] - Industry Notes:
OCR Asks For HIPAA, HITECH Input
You’ve got about a week left to give the feds your two cents on two [...]
