Home Health & Hospice Week
Consult New Guidance, Education Session For VBID Hospice Carve-In That Hits In Less Than 2 Months
As the Value-Based Insurance Design model testing hospice’s inclusion in Medicare Advantage plans gets closer, activity is accelerating. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued its VBID Model: Hospice Benefit Component 2021 Technical and Operational Guidance at https://innovation.cms.gov/media/document/vbid-hospice-technical-guidance-cy2021. Do this: If you operate in one of the participating Medicare Advantage Organization’s areas, “regardless of whether you are part of the MAO’s contracted network, it is important that you become familiar with the workings of the model to ensure that you follow the proper procedures for billing hospice services” for participating patients, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice emphasizes in its member newsletter. That includes reading the new guidance. And this: You can find out more about the program and ask questions of CMS in a Nov. 10 session, VBID Hospice Benefit Component Technical Support Series: Session Two. Register at https://innovation.cms.gov/vbid-hospice-tech-series-session2.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Patient-Driven Groupings Model:
Medicare Scales Back Your 2021 Pay Increase
About $150 million less will make it into HHAs’ coffers than proposed. The scores of [...] - Reimbursement:
Brace For Late RAP Penalties To Start In January As Proposed
RAP-related closures are on the horizon, state trade group warns. If you aren’t at peak [...] - Payment:
LUPA, Add-On Concerns Brushed Off In Final Rule
Agencies will continue to lose 2.5% per year on outliers. Ranging from big issues like [...] - Regulations:
2021 HH Final Rule Hits On OASIS, NPPs, and VBP
Plus: CMS will allow home infusion therapy back billing in the new year. In a [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
OIG Backs Off Denied Claims After Audited HHAs Contest Them
But millions in overpayments are still alleged. A federal watchdog agency is up to its [...] - Industry Notes:
Review Choice Demo Phase-In Period Keeps Rolling Until Jan. 1
CMS continues to hold off on 25% payment reduction. Home health agencies in Florida and [...] - Industry Notes:
Consult New Guidance, Education Session For VBID Hospice Carve-In That Hits In Less Than 2 Months
As the Value-Based Insurance Design model testing hospice’s inclusion in Medicare Advantage plans gets closer, [...] - Industry Notes:
Celebrate Home Health and Hospice Month, Aide Week
Take the time this month to celebrate your agency, your staff, and your patients with [...] - Industry Notes:
New Toolkit From CMS Aims To Help States Keep Patients In The Home, Community Setting
Some new tools from the feds aim to help beneficiaries stay in their homes. The [...] - Industry Notes:
HH, Hospice Billing For COVID Vaccine Should Work The Same As For Flu, Pneumococcal Vaccinations
A new CMS interim final rule that hasn’t been published yet is laying out the [...]
