Home Health & Hospice Week
Hospices' PEPPER Reports Have Arrived And HHAs' Are Nearly Here
Now that providers’ pandemic-related break from PEPPER reports is over, it’s time for home care providers to get back in gear. Hospices: Hospice Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports with statistics through September 2019 are available for download at https://pepper.cbrpepper.org/Training-Resources/Hospices. Tip: To authenticate access, “a patient control number (UB-04 form locator 03a) or medical record number (UB-04 form locator 03b) from a claim for a traditional Medicare Fee-for-Service beneficiary with a claim ‘from’ or ‘through’ date between July 1 - Sept. 30, 2019, will be required,” PEPPER contractor RELI Group says in a message to providers. The PEPPER report has a “new and improved format” that includes the same data and information in a way that “includes greater accessibility, cleaner presentation, and improved readability,” the contractor says. Learn more about the new format via a webinar at https://pepper.cbrpepper.org/Training-Resources/Hospices/New-PEPPER-Format. HHAs: PEPPERs for home health agencies should be out by Aug. 12, RELI Group says in a separate message. You can sign up for a Sept. 1 HHA review webinar via a link at https://pepper.cbrpepper.org/Training-Resources/Home-Health-Agencies. The hospice PEPPERs were originally supposed to come out in April and the HHA PEPPERs in July.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Fraud & Abuse:
OIG Hits HHAs Hard On Near-LUPA Episodes
Medicare overpaid HHAs $192 million for episodes slightly exceeding LUPA thresholds. LUPAs are more of [...] - Hospice:
Addendum Requirement Continues To Barrel Toward Hospices This Fall
Hospices have less than 2 months until implementation. Hospices hoping to get some breathing room [...] - Reimbursement:
Hospice Final Rule Reduces Pay Update Slightly
Big swings for wage index areas may batter already struggling hospices. A minor reduction in [...] - Regulations:
Hospice Final Rule Seems To Give Thumbs Up To Electronic Signatures
More good news: Contractors can’t trigger the condition for payment, only patients. There’s a lot [...] - Industry Notes:
Calculate Your PPP Loan Forgiveness With New Clarifications
Owners of multiple businesses can decide how to allocate their compensation. If you’re still trying [...] - Industry Notes:
NY Federal Court Decision Creates Potential Labor Law Risk.
A Department of Labor frequently asked question set from March may not be the final [...] - Industry Notes:
No-Pay RAPs And Related Penalties Loom On The Horizon
If you’d been hoping the penalty for late or no RAPs would go away for [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospices' PEPPER Reports Have Arrived And HHAs' Are Nearly Here
Now that providers’ pandemic-related break from PEPPER reports is over, it’s time for home care [...] - Industry Notes:
CMS Touts Telehealth Expansion
Telehealth expansion is on Medicare’s to-do list, but it may not touch home care providers [...] - Industry Notes:
PHE Gets Another Extension
The Department of Health and Human Services Secretary has officially extended the COVID-19 public health [...] - Industry Notes:
Take A Look At Corrected Reports
If you’ve looked at your Provider Preview Reports and/or the Quality of Patient Care Star [...] - Industry Notes:
Find Out How to Track Cost Reports
Bone up on the cost report system’s new tracking feature via a recording or transcript [...] - Industry Notes:
3 Indicted In $12M HH Scheme
A Michigan couple faces fraud and tax evasion charges in connection with a $12 million [...] - Industry Notes:
Authorities Continue To Focus On Medicaid Fraud — This Time In FL
Authorities have arrested a Florida Medicaid home and community-based services agency owner for an alleged [...]
