Home Health & Hospice Week
CMS To Freeze This HHA Info On Care Compare Due To iQIES Data Glitch
You don’t have to worry about messed-up iQIES data skewing your publicly reported information on the April refresh of Care Compare. Background: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services “identified an iQIES system nuance that may affect your HHA’s Services Provided values that are displayed on the HHA Provider Preview reports for the April 2022 refresh,” the agency said a few weeks ago (see HCW by AAPC, Vol. XXXI, No. 11). Instead of making sure HHAs all review their data and submit changes before the refresh goes live, CMS has decided to “publish the same Services Provided data for each Home Health Agency that was posted on Care Compare for the January 2022 refresh. We believe that this will allow us to publish the most accurate Services Provided data at this time,” the agency says in a message to providers.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Budget:
More Surveys, Medical Review Included In Biden Administration Budget
Plus: Increased DOL enforcement, more data-gathering for patients, and another year of sequestration cuts are [...] - Hospice:
Medicare Floats 2.7% Pay Increase For Hospices In 2023
Plus: CMS finally takes action on wage index problems — but is it enough?> After [...] - Surveys & Certification:
Medicare Expects To Propose Hospice Special Focus Program For Surveys In 2024
Hospice providers’ reprieve will be relatively brief, proposed rule suggests. One of the most significant [...] - Quality:
HOPE, CAHPS Survey Mode Experiment Headline Quality Provisions In 2023 Proposed Rule
Plus: New hospice quality measures may be 'hybrid,’using data from assessments and claims together.> This [...] - Industry Notes:
UnitedHealth To Make Monster Home Health & Hospice Acquisition
Another big insurer to pay big bucks for home health and hospice chain. UnitedHealth Group [...] - Industry Notes:
CMS To Freeze This HHA Info On Care Compare Due To iQIES Data Glitch
You don’t have to worry about messed-up iQIES data skewing your publicly reported information on [...] - Industry Notes:
Millions More Goes Out In Latest Provider Relief Funding Round
The Department of Health and Human Services is distributing a fourth round of Provider Relief [...] - Industry Notes:
Study: Rehab At Home Saves Money, Improves Outcomes Compared To SNFs
Giving patients rehab at home instead of in nursing homes is not only preferred by [...] - Industry Notes:
Heed These Tips To Safeguard Your IT Against Pandemic Pitfalls
You should make sure your emergency preparedness extends to your health IT domain. And now [...]
