Home Health & Hospice Week
New Hospice Topic Shows Up On MAC Audit List
Check your LOS on Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other neuro patients. If you serve patients with Non-Cancer Diseases of the Nervous System in your hospice, you may be in for extra scrutiny. HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA has listed the item as its only hospice topic on its “Active Medical Review” list. This update may not be a surprise, as “hospice providers have been receiving requests for records since February” related to this topic, notes Katie Wehri with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice in the trade group’s listserv. Tip: Check your stats against Non-Cancer Length of Stay averages via your NCLOS report, Wehri suggests. Your personal NCLOS report, as well as general reports, are available via the Palmetto GBA website.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- OASIS:
Beware OASIS-D Noncompliance When Clinicians Use Judgment
Will your staff’s determinations stand up to scrutiny? Home health clinicians are three months into [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
HH Spending Down 12% In Fraud Hot Spots, OIG Crows
Plus: Here’s how OIG changes may play out under forthcoming PDGM. A federal watchdog agency [...] - Labor Law:
NY Minimum Wage Decision Brings Relief
Expect many more aide lawsuits to come. A new decision from a New York state [...] - Leadership Corner:
Follow These 2 Tips To Achieve Your Goals
Don’t miss these important steps. Successful people do more than set goals. They keep those [...] - Industry Note:
New Hospice Topic Shows Up On MAC Audit List
Check your LOS on Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other neuro patients. If you serve patients with [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare Updates Manuals For CoPs, Physician Estimate Revisions
The regulatory change that no longer requires a physician to estimate the length of time [...] - Industry Note:
Report: Don't Let Managed Care Ruin Hospice
If just 20 percent of Medicare decedents used hospice for two weeks before death, the [...] - Industry Note:
Make This Change Now For Spanish Language CAHPS
Home health agencies and their vendors that haven’t updated CAHPS survey materials due to the [...] - Industry Note:
No Joke: Random HIPAA Audits Launch In April
More HIPAA audits are on the way — but they won’t affect you directly yet. [...] - Industry Note:
Hardworking Hospice Nurse Garners Positive Publicity
Winter may have officially wrapped up, but the goodwill generated by hard-working home care workers [...] - Industry Note:
Minnesota HHA Pays $727K To Resolve False Claims
A voluntary disclosure has led to a nearly $727,000 repayment for a Minnesota home health [...] - Industry Note:
Health System Shutters Inpatient Hospice Unit
Family Hospice & Palliative Care, part of the UPMC health system based in Pittsburgh, will [...] - Industry Note:
OIG Runs Hundreds Of HH Investigations A Year
If you are wondering just how deeply the feds are diving into home care fraud [...] - Industry Note:
Beware NOE Impact On Sequential Billing
Don’t let claims for your hospice patient’s entire stay get derailed just because the first [...]
