Home Health & Hospice Week
Check Out New Hospice Manual, Including F2F Language
Hospices now have an updated Medicare Benefit Policy Manual to reference. Most notably, the new manual contains face-to-face encounter requirement details. "A hospice physician or hospice nurse practitioner must have a face-to-face encounter with each hospice patient prior to the beginning of the patient's third benefit period, and prior to each subsequent benefit period," CMS says in the new manual language. "Failure to meet the face-to-face encounter requirements specified in this section results in a failure by the hospice to meet the patient's recertification of terminal illness eligibility requirement. The patient would cease to be eligible for the benefit." The updated manual includes a host of other policy and technical changes made over the years, including clarification of responsibility for ambulance payment. The transmittal containing the manual language is at www.cms.gov/transmittals/downloads/R141BP.pdf. A MLN Matters article about the changes is at www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM7337.pdf.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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Use Orders, Discharge Summary To Satisfy F2F
Don’t duplicate face-to-face efforts unnecessarily. Some eleventh-hour guidance from Medicare may ease your face-to-face encounter [...] - Regulation:
New F2F Clarification May Help With Your Doc Troubles
Physician staff can prepare the face-to-face documentation, CMS says in new Q&A. With the April [...] - Compliance:
Are You Protecting Yourself From Compliance Allegations?
The answers to these 5 questions can help you ward off compliance risks. Most home [...] - OASIS:
Say 'Yes'To New M1500 Clarifications
New guidance could result in taking a hit to your process measure scores. A new [...] - Industry Notes:
OIG Wants More Scrutiny Of HHAs, Hospices
Outlier payments, nursing home-hospice interactions could raise red flags. If you receive more outlier payments [...] - Industry Notes:
Check Out New Hospice Manual, Including F2F Language
Hospices now have an updated Medicare Benefit Policy Manual to reference. Most notably, the new [...] - Industry Notes:
Use New HHABN Form Or Fail To Meet F2F Requirement
Don't forget to use the new home health advance beneficiary notice starting April 1. "Mandatory [...] - Industry Notes:
2 % Of Fraud Tips Unresolved
CMS's response to fraud tips soon may improve. About 12 percent of complaints received through [...] - Industry Notes:
Smooth Cahaba-CIGNA Switch With 'Early Boarding'
If you're an HHA or hospice currently served by Cahaba GBA, watch the mail for [...] - Industry Notes:
Fix For DDE Page Glitch Slated For June
Starting June 6, some annoying extra keystrokes will be gone from DDE. On that date, [...] - Industry Notes:
Use This Form For Clerical Reopenings
If you want a clerical error reopening of a claim from HHH MAC NHIC, you [...] - Industry Notes:
Don't Cancel Or Adjust These Claims, RHHI Warns
Hold up, you don't want to go canceling or adjusting your claims that are in [...] - Industry Notes:
You Should Be Complying With HIPAA 5010 Already
Are you ready for HIPAA 5010 requirements? Providers already should be in Level I compliance, [...] - Industry Notes:
HHA Files Suit Against Employees Stealing Patients
You'd better keep a close eye on your employees, or you may find yourself in [...] - Reader Question:
Know The Rules For Counting Your Therapy Visits For Reassessment
CMS issues clarification in new therapy fact sheet. Without Medicare manual instructions on how to [...]
