Home Health & Hospice Week
Circle Back For Hospice PEPPER Education You Might Have Missed
If you missed the PEPPER contractor’s webinar on the newly released hospice benchmarking report earlier this month, you can now catch a recording of it. The hour-long video “includes the history/background of PEPPER, a high-level review of the target areas, a walk-through of a sample PEPPER, and guidance for accessing the PEPPER,” RELI Group says. Links to the slide deck, transcript, and a question-and-answer document are also at https://pepper.cbrpepper.org/Training-Resources/Hospices/Hospice-PEPPER-Review-2023. Remember, this iteration of the report released last month adds two new target areas: Average Number of Medicare Part B Claims for Beneficiaries Residing at Home; and Average Number of Medicare Part B Claims for Beneficiaries Residing in an Assisted Living Facility, Nursing Facility, or Skilled Nursing Facility.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Value-Based Purchasing:
OASIS Upcoding May Be Driving VBP Increases, New Report Implies
CMS report serves as an accusation, industry expert says. You’d better make sure your OASIS [...] - Hospice:
Combat Terminal Illness Denials With These Tips
‘Terminal illness not supported’ shot down over half of claims in latest MAC TEP round. [...] - Documentation:
CTIs Must Nail These 6 Elements
Don’t forget specific dates. It’s increasingly likely that your claim’s number could come up for [...] - Education:
Stock Your CTI Toolbox With These Free MAC Resources
Check out these disease-specific guidance documents, among other materials.> Hospices can use all the help [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
Sham Medical Directorship And Lease Cost HHA, Owner, And Docs Hundreds Of Thousands
Whistleblower lawsuits lead to settlements. Even when the stakes don’t run into the millions, authorities [...] - HIPAA:
Home Medical Breach Highlights HIPAA Duties
Feds emphasize the need for a ‘timely response.’ A new HIPAA breach notice from Apria [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospice Survey Info Debuts on CMS Website
Plus: Recent home health and hospice survey data availability delayed due to system migration. Hospices [...] - Industry Notes:
Reps To CMS: Correct Past Home Health Underfunding In 2024 Rule
Home health industry representatives are making a pitch for Medicare to rectify past reimbursement rate [...] - Industry Notes:
Celebrate Part B Therapy Win With Extension Of Flexibilities
If your home health agency has therapists who bill Medicare under Part B for outpatient [...] - Industry Notes:
QRP Waivers Apply Under Mississippi PHE For Tornadoes, Storms
Many COVID PHE waivers may be done, but waivers still apply for other disasters. For [...] - Industry Notes:
Circle Back For Hospice PEPPER Education You Might Have Missed
If you missed the PEPPER contractor’s webinar on the newly released hospice benchmarking report earlier [...] - Industry Notes:
Mass. Agency Expands Footprint With Hospice Buy
A Massachusetts home care provider has branched out into hospice. Advanced Home Care has acquired [...]
