Home Health & Hospice Week
Explore MR Reopening Option
If you let a medical review records request slip past you, you may have a chance to somewhat simply redeem yourself. “Responding to additional documentation/development requests (ADRs) is time sensitive,” emphasizes HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor CGS. “If you receive an ADR from medical review and do not respond within the 45-day time limit, we may be able to process the late ADR response as an MR Reopening if requested within 120 days,” CGS tells HHAs in a new post on its website. “This function was previously available to Part B users (submitted as a Redetermination). Now it is available to Part A and HHH users as a 56900 Reopening,” CGS explains. More details are in the myCGS User Manual at https://cgsmedicare.com/mycgs/mycgs_user_manual_mr.html — consult the “Medical Review/MR/56900 Reopening” section.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Regulations:
CMS Can — And Should — Do Better On Wage Index
Rule commenters chastise Medicare officials for discriminatory wage index procedures. Medicare is taking millions out [...] - Reimbursement:
This Unfair Wage Index Advantage For Hospitals Needs To Go — Pronto
Policy is penalizing HHAs, expert points out. Even before the recent big wage index area [...] - Mergers & Acquisitions:
Private Equity-Backed Regional Chain Makes Buy In Southeast
Plus: Hospitals figure in recent market developments. A three-state hospice chain is enlarging its reach [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
FBI Raids Tennessee Home Care Provider
Plus: One codefendant pleads guilty while another pleads innocent in Boston. Many home health agencies’ [...] - Value-Based Purchasing:
Latest VBP FAQs Lays Groundwork For Switching Base Year To 2022
Plus: Don’t miss new VBP educational materials in the rush. Home health agencies are waiting [...] - HIPAA:
Sidestep HIPAA Audit Dangers By Mixing It Up
Outside and inside perspectives are both valuable, expert says. Question: We take HIPAA very seriously, [...] - Industry Notes:
COVID Vax Mandate Develops Along With The Science
One popular religious exemption may no longer be valid. A Wisconsin health system is telling [...] - Industry Notes:
Explore MR Reopening Option
If you let a medical review records request slip past you, you may have a [...] - Industry Notes:
Staff Squeeze Slowly Lifts For Some
Not everyone shares the view that the home health staffing situation is the worst it’s [...] - Industry Notes:
Telehealth Codes Coming Too Slowly
Medicare needs to get with the program and create procedure codes for hospices to bill [...] - Industry Notes:
Next HQRP Forum Is Sept. 28
You can find out more about the 2023 hospice final rule that takes effect next [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospital Sheds HH Business
Madison Medical Center in Fredericktown, Missouri, is closing down its home health business. Staffing shortages [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospice Teams With Nursing School
If you’re in need of more hospice staff, you may want to take a page [...] - Industry Notes:
Examine Your Telehealth For This
Don’t turn a blind eye to health inequities regarding telehealth. New guidance from the feds [...]
