Home Health & Hospice Week
Check Out Latest CDC Offering For COVID Prep
You can help your patients prepare for possible COVID cases with a new government resource. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued its COVID-19 Personal Action Plan. The plan “contains tools, information, and action steps to share with your family, colleagues, and patients,” says the National Association for Home Care & Hospice in its member newsletter. “NAHC believes the Personal Action Plan will be a helpful resource for having conversations about whether they would benefit from COVID-19 treatments, what to do if they test positive, and where to access testing and treatments if not directly available through their home care provider.” The tool is at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/needs-extra-precautions/fs_covid_plan_final.pdf.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Budget:
MedPAC Gears Up To Push 7% Cut To Home Health Pay
Sky-high profit margin puts target on HHAs’ backs. Home health agency numbers and Medicare home [...] - Payment:
MedPAC Commissioners Express Enthusiasm For Home Health Copays
Medicare beneficiaries don’t have enough skin in the game, advisors to Congress argue. Watch out: [...] - Hospice:
MedPAC Set To Play Hospice Cap Broken Record — Again
One-third of hospices would exceed cap under lower threshold, according to estimates. “If at first [...] - Value-Based Purchasing:
Home Health VBP Is CMS Innovation Center Darling
Jan. 1 start date holds, as CMS celebrates saving a million dollars with the program. [...] - Industry Notes:
Keep An Eye On Budget Legislation As 2022 Winds Down
Details remain fuzzy for the moment. Whether you see higher or lower payment rates in [...] - Industry Notes:
Beware Edit 31755 In New Year
Don’t forget: It’s not just OASIS-E changes that may be snarling your systems come Jan. [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospice MCCM Program's Stumbles Highlighted In New CMS Innovation Center Report
The hard time hospices had getting patients to enroll in the Medicare Care Choices Model [...] - Industry Notes:
Check Out Latest CDC Offering For COVID Prep
You can help your patients prepare for possible COVID cases with a new government resource. [...] - Industry Notes:
Risk Your Reimbursement If Your F2F Documentation Fails The Test
Don’t forget the details of your F2F duties, with so much else on your plate. [...] - Industry Notes:
HIPAA Noncompliance Can Lead To Jail Time, Recent Case Shows
If you think a HIPAA violation won’t land you with a prison term, think again. [...] - Industry Notes:
PE-Backed Chain Makes Indiana Buy
The Care Team based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, has acquired 1st Care Home Health and [...] - Industry Notes:
Excluded CNA Costs Agency 6 Figures
Heed another reminder of why you need to check the OIG exclusions list. Summit Management [...]
