Home Health & Hospice Week
Check Out New Good Faith Estimate Resource For No Surprises Act Help
You have access to a new tool to help you cover your No Surprises Act bases. Recap: The No Surprises Act went into effect Jan. 1. The National Association for Home Care & Hospice “recommends that home health and hospice agencies comply with three provisions of the [NSA],” the trade group advised this spring: The Good Faith Estimate provision for uninsured or self-pay patients; the continuity of care provision; and the provider directory provision. (See HCW by AAPC, Vol. XXXI, No. 15 for more NSA details.) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is now offering fact sheets to help beneficiaries understand NSA concepts. That includes a two-page sheet, “No Surprises: What’s a good faith estimate?” at www.cms.gov/files/document/nosurpriseactfactsheet-whats-good-faith-estimate508c.pdf.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Reimbursement:
HHAs Mobilize To Ward Off Punishing 4.2% Medicare Pay Cut
New legislation could save agencies from a $1.33 billion cut — for now. Home health [...] - Hospice:
Final Rule Ups Hospice Rate Increase To 3.8% — But That’s Still Not Enough
What about high gas prices, the labor shortage, and COVID-related costs? There’s always some wiggle [...] - Regulations:
Finalized Wage Index Fix Falls Short
5% cap should be lower, hospice reps maintain. Providers’ pleas to expand the protection against [...] - Surveys & Certification:
Hospice SFP Program Plows Ahead
Stay tuned to next year’s rule for details. Medicare’s willingness to engage in a Technical [...] - Quality:
HOPE Tool Proceeds On Testing Front
CAHPS star ratings arrive next month. Medicare continues to work diligently on an assessment tool [...] - Industry Notes:
Kickbacks Lead To Jail Time for California HH And Hospice Owner
First defendant sentenced in $2 million fraud case. Commit the crime, do the time — [...] - Industry Notes:
Guide Patients With MSP Website
If you have patients who are struggling financially, you may be able to steer them [...] - Industry Notes:
Check Out New Good Faith Estimate Resource For No Surprises Act Help
You have access to a new tool to help you cover your No Surprises Act [...] - Industry Notes:
Private Equity's Hospice Dealings Under The Public Microscope, Again
Private equity firms’ investments in the hospice market are continuing to draw scrutiny, this time [...] - Industry Notes:
Health System Closes HHA, But Entertains Future Reopening
Jennie Stuart Health is the latest health system to close its home health agency’s doors. [...] - Industry Notes:
Venerable RI Agency Restructures
Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice in Newport, Rhode Island, is undertaking “cost reduction and reorganization [...] - Industry Notes:
IRS, State Attorney General Drop The Hammer In 2 Home Care Cases
Medicare fraud isn’t the only kind of fraud home care providers can get busted for. [...]
