Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
COVID Fraud Remains On Feds' Radar
Published on Fri Jul 07, 2023
The COVID-19 public health emergency ended on May 11, but federal enforcement of COVID fraud didn’t. If you haven’t checked out HHS Office of Inspector General COVID resources, you should. The national watchdog continues to provide guidance, list enforcement actions, and churn out reports on pandemic oversight. See the latest updates at https://oig.hhs.gov/coronavirus/index.asp.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Patient-Driven Groupings Model:
2.2% Reimbursement Cut To Hammer HHAs Next Year
Medicare officials are slicing deep this time. Medicare is putting beneficiaries’ access to home health [...] - Reimbursement:
CMS Goes Back To Negative Rate Adjustments After A 5-Year Break
Don’t stop at base rate when calculating rule’s impact on your pay next year. The [...] - Value-Based Purchasing:
VBP Ground Continues To Shift Under HHAs’ Feet, Experts Say
Under newly proposed configuration, half of VBP points will come from only 2 measures. As [...] - Quality:
COVID Vax Quality Measure To Land On HHAs’ Plates
Plus: Beware looming DC Function problems. Like much of the rest of the home health [...] - Hospice:
The Other Shoe Finally Drops On Hospice Special Focus Program
Multiple hospice program integrity measures feature in HH rule this year. It’s yet another year [...] - Enrollment:
Take A Closer Look At Hospice Enrollment Changes
CIMO application aims to prevent new hospice ‘flipping.’ The hospice Special Focus Program isn’t the [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
Changes To PPEO, Retroactive Termination Aim To Close Loopholes
Plus: Period for non-billing before deactivation will get cut by half. Hospices aren’t the only [...] - Industry Notes:
Revised Quality Measure Procedures Take Shape As New QM Contractor Ramps Up
Put deadlines for QM book webinar and comments, plus PQM committee nominations, on your calendar. [...] - Industry Notes:
Oklahoma Hospice Pays Modest Settlement To Settle Fraud Charges
A Tulsa, Okla. hospice has agreed to pay $48,830.70 to resolve allegations that it submitted [...] - Industry Notes:
COVID Fraud Remains On Feds' Radar
The COVID-19 public health emergency ended on May 11, but federal enforcement of COVID fraud [...]
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