Home Health & Hospice Week
Hospital Pay Proposal Could Boost Home Care Alliances
Hospitals' latest proposed payment rule from CMS should give them extra incentive to improve their relationship with home care providers. That's because under the proposal, their pay will be docked for some hospital readmissions starting in October 2012. The rule proposes "a Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program that will reduce payments beginning in FY 2013 to certain hospitals that have excess readmissions ... for three conditions -- acute myocardial infarction (or heart attack), heart failure, and pneumonia," CMS says in a release. The program is required by the Affordable Care Act passed last year. CMS will take comments on the proposed rule until June 20 and will publish a final rule by Aug. 1, it says.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Therapy:
Use These New Manual Rules To Count Your Therapy Reassessments Correctly
CMS addresses therapy questions in latest Open Door Forum. Want to take a gamble on [...] - Regulations:
HHAs Get F2F Answers In Latest Medicare Forum
Clarifications to face-to-face questions contain good and bad news. Enforcement of the physician face-to-face encounter [...] - OASIS:
Jettison M1012 From Your OASIS Worry List
Plus: Watch for OASIS-C-based reports and outcomes to go public this summer. You now have [...] - Contractors:
Pay Attention To This Deadline Or Risk Your Cash Flow
Cahaba-to-CIGNA contractor transition has nationwide impact. AMay 6 deadline could stop your cash flow, even [...] - Diagnosis Coding:
This Tip Gets You Closer to ICD-10 Compliance
Hint: Dig deep for specifics like unilateral, bilateral, and post-traumatic. You're going to have to [...] - Industry Notes:
Use This Workaround To Sidestep Hospice NOE Glitch
The good news is one nagging hospice claims system error is resolved. Top on the [...] - Industry Notes:
Outlier Claims Snafu Trips Up HHA Payments
HHAs are having trouble with some claims payment issues as well. For example: Agencies are [...] - Industry Notes:
New Medicaid Projects Target Dual Eligibles, Olmstead Compliance
A few new Medicaid initiatives could benefit home care providers. A new program required by [...] - Industry Notes:
Fuel Prices Stress Home Care Providers
Gas prices are up nearly a dollar per gallon compared to a year ago, and [...] - Industry Notes:
Say Goodbye To Extra 1099 Reporting For Sure
On April 14, President Obama signed into law legislation removing the extra 1099 tax reporting [...] - Industry Notes:
You Can Soon Take Your Pick On Hospice Cap Calculation
You may soon have a choice about how your hospice cap is calculated. So says [...] - Industry Notes:
Consider These Wrinkles When Joining ACOs
Get ready to rev up your marketing machine as your local hospitals and physician groups [...] - Industry Notes:
New Alzheimers Diagnostic Guidelines Out After 27 Years
You may see some changes in how your patients with cognitive impairment are diagnosed, based [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospital Pay Proposal Could Boost Home Care Alliances
Hospitals' latest proposed payment rule from CMS should give them extra incentive to improve their [...] - Industry Notes:
National Chain Makes Big Hospice Buy
National chain Amedisys Inc. has agreed to pay about $125 million for Boston-based Beacon Hospice [...]
