Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
HCA Florida Agencies Get New Name
Published on Fri Jun 24, 2022
HCA Florida Healthcare, an affiliate of health care behemoth HCA Healthcare, has renamed its 14 home health agencies across the state to HCA Florida Healthcare at Home, the company says in a release. HCA Healthcare runs the agencies in a joint venture with Brookdale Senior Living.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Patient-Driven Groupings Model:
Drastic Proposed Pay Cut Takes HHAs By Surprise
CMS rule a ‘gut punch,’ one industry veteran judges. If you think the Centers for [...] - Reimbursement:
Take A Close Look At CMS Justification For -7.69% Behavioral Adjustment
HHAs’ pay exceeds costs by 34%, according to feds. If you are shocked that Medicare [...] - Payment:
5% Wage Index Cap, LUPA Threshold Changes Ahead
Plus: CMS pulls back on outliers a tad. The 2023 home health proposed rule contains [...] - Patient-Driven Groupings Model:
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All-Payer OASIS Is On The Horizon
Medicare wants to see assessment data on all your patients — including those with very [...] - Value-Based Purchasing:
Medicare Wants New VBP Baseline Year To Be 2022
Get ready for your improvement between 2019 and 2022 to get erased. Have you been [...] - Regulations:
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GG items, telehealth, and more round out the newly proposed home health rule. Home health [...] - Hospice:
VBID Billing Problems Plague Hospices
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As Gas Prices Hit Record Highs, IRS Increases Mileage Rate
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Mind Your Exception Requests
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Survey SOP Changes For Vax Mandate
Medicare is loosening up its oversight of vaccination mandate compliance a smidge. “Survey oversight of [...] - Industry Notes:
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Add two more items to your Value-Based Purchasing educational to do list. No. 1: A [...] - Industry Notes:
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Is miscommunication with Part D plans over hospice coverage is bugging you? If so, you [...] - Industry Notes:
Beware Stealth Excluded Staff
If you don’t want to pay the feds to the tune of five figures, you’d [...] - Industry Notes:
Home Health CPO Claims Lead To Prison Sentence
The former owner of a Chicago physician practice is facing jail time related to bogus [...] - Industry Notes:
ONC Wants Your 2 Cents On Hospice-SNF Interoperability
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HCA Florida Agencies Get New Name
HCA Florida Healthcare, an affiliate of health care behemoth HCA Healthcare, has renamed its 14 [...] - Industry Notes:
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