Home Health & Hospice Week
Guide Patients With MSP Website
If you have patients who are struggling financially, you may be able to steer them to a resource for help: the Medicare Savings Programs webpage. The page outlines the details of four MSPs: the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program (pays Part A and Part B premiums, deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments); the Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary Program (pays only the Part B premiums); the Qualifying Individual Program (pays only Part B premium for individuals with no other Medicaid eligibility); and the Qualified Disabled and Working Individuals Program (pays only Part A premium for certain individuals under age 65 with disabilities who have returned to work). Note that in this case, MSP does not stand for Medicare Secondary Payer. See more details at www.medicare.gov/your-medicare-costs/get-help-paying-costs/medicare-savings-programs.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Reimbursement:
HHAs Mobilize To Ward Off Punishing 4.2% Medicare Pay Cut
New legislation could save agencies from a $1.33 billion cut — for now. Home health [...] - Hospice:
Final Rule Ups Hospice Rate Increase To 3.8% — But That’s Still Not Enough
What about high gas prices, the labor shortage, and COVID-related costs? There’s always some wiggle [...] - Regulations:
Finalized Wage Index Fix Falls Short
5% cap should be lower, hospice reps maintain. Providers’ pleas to expand the protection against [...] - Surveys & Certification:
Hospice SFP Program Plows Ahead
Stay tuned to next year’s rule for details. Medicare’s willingness to engage in a Technical [...] - Quality:
HOPE Tool Proceeds On Testing Front
CAHPS star ratings arrive next month. Medicare continues to work diligently on an assessment tool [...] - Industry Notes:
Kickbacks Lead To Jail Time for California HH And Hospice Owner
First defendant sentenced in $2 million fraud case. Commit the crime, do the time — [...] - Industry Notes:
Guide Patients With MSP Website
If you have patients who are struggling financially, you may be able to steer them [...] - Industry Notes:
Check Out New Good Faith Estimate Resource For No Surprises Act Help
You have access to a new tool to help you cover your No Surprises Act [...] - Industry Notes:
Private Equity's Hospice Dealings Under The Public Microscope, Again
Private equity firms’ investments in the hospice market are continuing to draw scrutiny, this time [...] - Industry Notes:
Health System Closes HHA, But Entertains Future Reopening
Jennie Stuart Health is the latest health system to close its home health agency’s doors. [...] - Industry Notes:
Venerable RI Agency Restructures
Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice in Newport, Rhode Island, is undertaking “cost reduction and reorganization [...] - Industry Notes:
IRS, State Attorney General Drop The Hammer In 2 Home Care Cases
Medicare fraud isn’t the only kind of fraud home care providers can get busted for. [...]
