Home Health & Hospice Week
HHQI Focuses On The Heart
You have new free tools at your disposal to help improve patient outcomes in relation to cardiovascular health. The Home Health Quality Im-provement (HHQI) campaign, conducted by CMS contractors WVMI and Quality Insights, has released its first Best Practice Intervention Package (BPIP) addressing cardiovascular health. "Cardio-vascular Health Part 1: Aspirin as appropriate & Blood pressure control" is available at www.homehealthquality.org/Cardiovascular-Health/Best-Practices.aspx.
Next up: The HHQI campaign will release "Cardiovascular Health Part 2: Cholesterol management & Smoking cessation," in November, it says on its website.
The BPIPs support the Department of Health and Human Services’ Million Hearts® initiative to fight heart disease and stroke.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Prospective Payment System:
Counter 1.5% PPS Cut With These Strategies
Rebasing reduction may make or break agencies in 2014.
Rebasing [...] - Regulations:
Troubleshoot Common F2F Problems To Ward Off Denials
MAC Tip: Bypass subpar physician F2F statements by requesting the doc’s own notes.
- Billing:
Brush Up On Overpayment Policies Now That CMS Has 5 Years To Request Refunds
Keeping overpayments can get you in hot water with patients, payers, and the law.
[...] - Clip and Save:
Ensure Payers Correctly Apply Every Refund You Send
Use this sample letter to provide all of the information your payer needs.
- OASIS:
Use Case Conferences To Ward Off Costly OASIS Errors
Stop reimbursement-draining mistakes before they start with this strategy.
Establishing [...] - Industry Notes:
Check Out Your New Hospice Wage Index, Payment Rates
Plus: Cap amount for 2014 released. The annual wage index gamble for hospices has wrapped [...] - Industry Notes:
HHQI Focuses On The Heart
You have new free tools at your disposal to help improve patient outcomes in relation [...] - Industry Notes:
Consider Carefully Before Paying For Therapy You Didn't Know About
You don’t have to pay that therapy invoice if you didn’t know your patient was [...] - Industry Notes:
Cancel -- Don't Resubmit -- RAPs With Errors
If you discover you made an error on a Request for Anticipated Payment that you [...] - Industry Notes:
Another Former HHA Owner/Physical Therapist Pleads Guilty To Fraud
Physical therapist and former HHA owner Hemal Bhagat has pled guilty for his role in [...] - Industry Notes:
Former HHA Owner Draws Unusual 15-Year Prison Sentence For Fraud
A former HHA owner was sentenced to a whopping 15 years in prison following a [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospices Open Inpatient Facilities In MO, AZ
More hospice inpatient facilities are opening every day. The 12-room Saint Luke’s Hospice House has [...]
