Home Health & Hospice Week
HOPE Tool Beta Testing Starts New Round This Month
There’s still time to pilot the HOPE tool before it becomes mandatory. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Hospice Outcomes & Patient Evaluation tool contractor, Abt Associates, is “recruiting additional Medicare-certified hospice providers to participate in a beta test of the draft hospice patient assessment instrument,” CMS says on its HOPE webpage. “Recruitment will continue until the desired number of participants is achieved,” the agency says. Details: “Training for this round of hospices is anticipated to occur mid-July 2022 with data collection slated to begin in August 2022 and continue through early fall 2022,” CMS says. More information is at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Hospice-Quality-Reporting/Hospice-QRP-Provider-Engagement-Opportunities.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Regulations:
HHAs Question CMS About Proposed HH Rule
Plus: Vendors get closer to panicking as they wait for CMS to issue OASIS-E data [...] - Hospice:
New Care Compare Measures Once Again On Deck For Hospices
HQRP noncompliance reduction, transfer billing edit also addressed in forum.> Medicare officials are ready to [...] - Patient-Driven Groupings Model:
Fight Off Shocking HH Pay Cut With Specific Data, Experts Urge
CMS says it will consider ‘empirical evidence,’ according to rule. Medicare dropped a reimbursement cut [...] - Surveys & Certification:
Take It Slow With Survey Special Focus Program, Hospices Tell CMS
SFP quotas are a bad idea, multiple commenters say. A Special Focus Program targeting “poor [...] - Compliance:
HHAs Breathe Sigh Of Relief On NPP Collaboration Issue
Keep an eye on this issue, though.> What looked to be a big regulatory headache [...] - Industry Notes:
Make Time For These Upcoming VBP Training Tools
VBP prep is heating up along with summer temps. Keep your eyes peeled for sample [...] - Industry Notes:
Next Provider Relief Fund Reporting Period Is Now Open
If you received more than $10,000 in HHS Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments for either [...] - Industry Notes:
Nearly 1,500 New ICD-10 Codes On Deck For Fall
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its list of ICD-10 additions, deletions, and revisions [...] - Industry Notes:
HOPE Tool Beta Testing Starts New Round This Month
There’s still time to pilot the HOPE tool before it becomes mandatory. The Centers for [...] - Industry Notes:
2% Sequestration Now Taking A Bite Out Of Claims
The full 2 percent sequestration amount is hitting your claims as of July 1, HHH [...]
