Home Health & Hospice Week
Mark This PRF Reporting Makeup Date On Your Calendar
If you failed to report your COVID expenses on time for the Provider Relief Fund’s Reporting Period 5, you have one more chance to make it right. Providers can request to report late through Oct. 27 with a final late reporting deadline of Dec. 1, the Health Resources and Services Administration says on its Reporting & Auditing webpage. Providers who submitted their RP5 report by the Sept. 30, 2023, deadline and reported unused funds are required to return funds by Oct. 30 to remain in compliance with PRF and/or American Rescue Plan Rural reporting requirements., HRSA instructs. Reminder: Reporting Period 6, covering funds distributed from July 1 to Dec. 1, 2022, opens Jan. 1, 2024 and runs through March 31, 2024. After that will follow RPs 7, 8, and 9. Updated due dates and guidance on reporting are at www.hrsa.gov/provider-relief/reporting-auditing.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Telehealth:
Fulfill Your Telehealth Billing Duties Or Risk Noncompliance, Lower Reimbursement
Make sure those visits get into the PoC. Home health agencies have a lot on [...] - Reimbursement:
Review Telehealth Code Descriptions
Pop quiz: Which code requires different unit reporting? Nearly four months into mandatory telehealth visit [...] - Oasis:
Newest OASIS Quarterly Q&As; Tackle Critical Functional Domain Item
Falls, hospitalizations get a little more clarity. Medicare’s bare bones instructions on scoring a patient’s [...] - HIPAA:
HHA Socked With Double Whammy Of Ransomware, Fine
You may have to worry about more than HHS if your patients’ data gets exposed. [...] - Mergers & Acquisitions:
Nonprofit Hospices Launch Potential Regional Network
Maryland and Virginia may be just the beginning. Two more veteran nonprofit hospices are combining [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospice VBID Report Indicates Full Steam Ahead
Use of in-network hospices is growing. Hospices hoping that early problems with the Medicare Advantage [...] - Industry Notes:
Check For 2024 HHQRP Rate Ding
You’ve got just a couple of short weeks to fight a noncompliance determination for home [...] - Industry Notes:
Medicare Part B Premium To Jump 6% Next Year
Medicare has announced price hikes for beneficiaries’ premiums and deductibles. The standard monthly premium for [...] - Industry Notes:
Accessing Judicial Reviews Will Be A Hair Easier In 2024
Medicare premiums and deductibles may be going up for 2024, but a potential cost-based barrier [...] - Industry Notes:
Home Assessment-Related Misdeeds Costs Cigna Big
Bogus in-home assessments are part of the reason insurer Cigna has agreed to a big [...] - Industry Notes:
Mark This PRF Reporting Makeup Date On Your Calendar
If you failed to report your COVID expenses on time for the Provider Relief Fund’s [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospice Aiming To Serve Minority Population Strikes Out On CON
Data shows minority patients are often underserved by hospice, but a chance for North Carolina [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospice Facilities Plan Openings
Two new hospice facilities are opening on opposite sides of the nation. In Virginia: The [...]
