Home Health & Hospice Week
MAC: New NOE Deadline Applies To Oct.1 Admissions
You don’t have to worry about patients admitted before Oct. 1 when it comes to the new hospice requirements in CR 8877. So clarifies HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor CGS in a new set of frequently asked questions about the transmittal that contains new Notice of Election and Notice of Termination/Revocation submission deadlines, diagnosis code prohibitions, and more.
“The 5-day timely filing of the NOE applies to any new hospice admission that occurs on/after October 1, 2014,” CGS clarifies in one of the 34 new Q&As. “In addition, the 5-day timely filing of the NOTR applies to any live discharge/revocation that occurs on/after October 1, 2014.”
See the Q&As at www.cgsmedicare.com/hhh/education/faqs/cr_8877_faqs.html.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Prospective Payment System:
14-Day Therapy Reassessments A No-Go, HHAs Tell CMS
Agency reps will be happy to say goodbye to confusing visit counting reassessments, though. Are [...] - Regulations:
Therapy Paperwork Burden Overwhelms Clinical Needs
When do therapists have time for patient care? The frequent reassessment visits required by CMS’s [...] - Therapy:
What Timeline Will Work For Therapy Reassessment?
Medicare regulators must hit the sweet spot between oversight and clinical need. Commenters on the [...] - Therapy:
Agencies Consider Therapy Reassessment Options Of Less Than 30 Days
A little more time is better than none, commenters indicate. The vast majority of commenters [...] - Reader Question:
When Should You Use Q5003 Versus Q5004 For Hospice?
You may have to tweak your information-gathering for nursing home residents. Question: How do we [...] - Industry Notes:
MAC Targets High-Paying HIPPS Code For Review
Florida, Texas hit hardest by new probe edits. If you’re billing for resource-intensive patients with [...] - Industry Notes:
F2F Lawsuit Aims At Retroactive Rejections
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s lawsuit over the face-to-face physician encounter requirements [...] - Industry Notes:
Learn From This HIPAA Lawsuit Over Laptops
Another HIPAA laptop theft lawsuit is showing why you could be safe from state lawsuits [...] - Industry Notes:
Note This Change To The Hospice Cost Report
One troubling aspect of the new hospice cost report has been cleared up. “We requested [...] - Industry Notes:
MAC: New NOE Deadline Applies To Oct.1 Admissions
You don’t have to worry about patients admitted before Oct. 1 when it comes to the [...] - Industry Notes:
New Law: Hospices To Be Surveyed Every 3 Years
After a series of high-profile, extremely critical articles about some hospices’ practices in The Washington Post, The [...] - Industry Notes:
County Sells HHA But Retains Hospice
One North Carolina county is getting out of the home health business. Craven County is selling [...] - Industry Notes:
HHA Settles Kickback Charges For $1.65 Million
A whistleblower lawsuit has led to a seven-figure settlement of kickback charges for a Miami home [...]
