Home Health & Hospice Week
CMS Administrator Nom Still Stalled
More than three months into the Biden administration during a global pandemic, the President’s nominee for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator has yet to be confirmed. After a confirmation hearing for Chiquita Brooks- LaSure on April 15, the Senate Finance Committee “failed to report favorably” on her nomination on April 22 because the committee voted 14-14 along party lines. The “no” votes from Republican senators appeared to be in response to CMS’ revocation of Texas’ 1115 Medicaid waiver earlier in the week. What’s next: “Brooks-LaSure’s nomination, because it resulted in a tie, must be moved to the Senate floor via a discharge petition that will be filed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York),” explains the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Oasis:
Burdensome OASIS-E Changes Are Barreling Toward HHAs
Implementation will wait for COVID PHE’s end, CMS confirms. The OASIS-E deadline is still at [...] - Assessment:
Get Ready To Onboard These New OASIS Items
Your staff will need to get comfortable collecting Social Determinants of Health data. You’ve got [...] - Know Your Facts:
Watch For Diagnosis Coding Crackdown Ahead For Hospices
Plus: For-profit hospices continue to proliferate, to CMS’ apparent chagrin. Hospices have been able to [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
HH, Hospice Operations Manager Must Repay $4.7 Million
Kickbacks and sham medical directorships feature in egregious case. You don’t have to be an [...] - Labor Law:
OSHA COVID-19 Guidance About To Go From Advisory To Mandatory
Emergency temporary standard for COVID-19 in final stages of approval. As expected by many observers, [...] - Industry Notes:
HHS Puts Its Muscle Behind Vaccination Boosting Effort
VNA starts distributing vaccinations in major Texas city. Now that COVID vaccinations are becoming widely [...] - Industry Notes:
Beware CBSA/FIPS Claims System Error
A claims system glitch is giving home health agencies more work to obtain their rightful [...] - Industry Notes:
Keep Up With Latest Emergency Preparedness Guidance
You may feel like you’ve been living out your emergency preparedness plan for the past [...] - Industry Notes:
CMS Administrator Nom Still Stalled
More than three months into the Biden administration during a global pandemic, the President’s nominee [...] - Industry Notes:
Duplication Glitch Leads To Bogus Rejections For PCR Requests
Stand by for a solution to a new claims processing error in the Review Choice [...] - Industry Notes:
Telehealth Bill Aims To Help HHAs
Advocates for home health agencies are try, trying again to gain some equity regarding telehealth. [...] - Industry Notes:
Humana, Encompass Make Buys
The mergers and acquisition market continues to hum. Humana Inc. has agreed to acquire the [...] - Industry Notes:
Excluded Therapist Costs Agency
If you need a reminder of why you must check the HHS Office of Inspector [...]
