Home Health & Hospice Week
Hospices Need COVID-19 Test Help
If you’re having trouble securing COVID-19 testing for your employees, you’re not alone. “With COVID-19 infection rates increasing throughout regions of the U.S. and new testing mandates being imposed at the state and federal level, hospice providers are experiencing difficulty accessing tests and covering costs for their frontline hospice workers,” the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization says in a release. NHPCO is asking Alex Azar for “$500 million in dedicated funding for test kits and rapid point-of-care testing machines,” according to a Sept. 14 letter from the trade group to the HHS Secretary. “This funding would be aimed at providing COVID-19 tests for hospice staff working in patients’ homes, nursing homes, facilities and assisted living facilities,” NHPCO CEO Edo Banach says in the letter.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Provider Relief Fund:
Big PRF Reporting Change May Mean You Have To Pay Back Funds
Where do you fall under HHS' newly issued guidance? You may not know what you [...] - Finance:
Take These 4 Steps To Get Ready For PRF Reporting
Watch out: Quickly growing agencies may be harmed by definition change. Now that the official [...] - Mergers & Acquisitions:
M&A Activity Continues Full Steam Ahead
Deals involving hospice and/or Texas prove popular in latest round. As market pressures persist and [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
OIG Slaps HHA With $1 Million Overpayment Assessment
Ambulation distance figures prominently in audit findings. The HHS Office of Inspector General is seeing [...] - COVID-19:
Keep An Eye On Accelerated Payment Relief
Extended deadline, lower interest rates are under consideration. If you have been wondering when you [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospice Assessment Tool To Debut Soon
20 hospices will alpha test the long-in-the-works HOPE tool. Medicare is one step closer to [...] - Industry Notes:
Watch Out For FFCRA-Exempt Intake Staff, Case Managers, Attorneys Caution
If you’re still wrestling with which of your staff are exempt from extended FFCRA leave [...] - Industry Notes:
Nursing Homes Must Have Reasonable Cause To Limit Visits, CMS Says
A new memo updating visitation guidelines for nursing homes may make it easier to see [...] - Industry Notes:
New Therapy Asst G Codes On Deck
Are you ready to use the new billing codes for home health therapist assistants starting [...] - Industry Notes:
Anticipate Quarterly Update Hold
It’s not some new reimbursement catastrophe if your claims don’t process at the beginning of [...] - Industry Notes:
CMS Offers Reg Relief In Oregon
Providers in Oregon are receiving regulatory relief due to the wildfires. On Sept. 16, HHS [...] - Industry Notes:
Double Check Your Wage Index Code
A move to help ease provider burden with the new wage index designations will also [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospices Need COVID-19 Test Help
If you’re having trouble securing COVID-19 testing for your employees, you’re not alone. “With COVID-19 [...]
