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Industry Notes:

OIG To Examine Electronic Visit Verification In Upcoming Report

Published on Fri Apr 22, 2022

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Home Health & Hospice Week

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Quality:
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Value-Based Purchasing:
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Reimbursement:
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Hospice:
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Industry Notes:
PHE Renewed Again — Maybe For The Last Time?
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Industry Notes:
Are You Handling Your MA Hospice Payments Under VBID The Right Way When It Comes To Caps?
Medicare’s Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model’s Hospice Benefit Component is proving confusing. Note these two [...]

Industry Notes:
Use KX Modifier For NOAs Carefully, Or Risk MAC's Ire
Notice of Admission claims using modifier KX when they shouldn’t are in one MAC’s crosshairs. [...]

Industry Notes:
OIG To Examine Electronic Visit Verification In Upcoming Report
The HHS Office of Inspector General has put “Electronic Visit Verification System for Medicaid In-Home [...]

Industry Notes:
Medicare Shines Public Light On Ownership, M&A Info
Look to a development for SNFs and hospitals to see what might be coming down [...]

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