Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
Hospital Hospice Cost Report Changes To Be Retroactive
Published on Fri Apr 10, 2015
Hospital-based hospices may have a tough time complying with CMS’s proposed deadline for cost report changes. CMS wants changes to be retroactive to cost reporting years beginning on or after Oct. 1, 2014. “We believe that CMS should give hospital-based hospice programs one year from publication of the final changes to meet the substantial new requirements,” says the National Associa-tion for Home Care & Hospice.
The comment period for the revised form closed April 7. See the changes at www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing.html — search for “CMS-2552-10” in the “Filter On” box.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Legislation:
Watch Senate For New HHA Surety Bond Burden
Doc fix bill could cost HHAs $130 billion, trade group warns. Serious lobbying by health [...] - Therapy:
Get Ready To Cough Up More Therapy Documentation
Your documentation will make or break therapy claims -- even for later episodes. You’d better [...] - Diagnosis Coding:
Keep ICD-10 Transition On Track As Deadline Nears
Start training now for maximum return. Don’t count on yet another ICD-10 delay as the [...] - HIPAA:
Brace For Coming HIPAA Audits -- After This Pause
Expect more comprehensive audits instead of desk reviews. The HHS Office for Civil Rights has [...] - Compliance:
Now Is Not The Time To Relax About HIPAA
OCR will audit Business Associates too. Ignore the HHS Office for Civil Rights’ upcoming HIPAA [...] - Industry Notes:
Look For Final F2F Form Later This Month
Will face-to-face form wrinkles get ironed out? You soon may find out just how [...] - Industry Notes:
Learn From These NOE Exception Examples
Not sure how to qualify for an exception to Medicare’s timely filing deadline for hospice [...] - Industry Notes:
Review Your Star Rating
Keep an eye peeled for your five-star preview report. The Centers for Medicare & Medi-caid [...] - Industry Notes:
Make This Hospice CAHPS Deadline Or Lose Pay
Don’t miss the May 1 deadline to turn in your hospice CAHPS survey vendor authorization [...] - Industry Notes:
Examine The Changes In OASIS-C1/ICD-10
Even though OASIS just went through a major overhaul last fall, the changes aren’t done [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospital Hospice Cost Report Changes To Be Retroactive
Hospital-based hospices may have a tough time complying with CMS’s proposed deadline for cost report [...] - Industry Notes:
Peer At PEPPER Preview
CMS’s PEPPER contractor is offering a preview of the new HHA PEPPER in an April [...] - Industry Notes:
Learn These Hospice Payment Reduction Details
If you’re wondering exactly how the process will work when CMS docks your pay for [...] - Industry Notes:
SSN Problems Afflict IDs
It’s a common complaint: You ask your patient for her Medicare card and she doesn’t [...]
View All
