Home Health & Hospice Week
Peruse New SDoH-Focused File
If you’re interested in social determinants of health for Medicare beneficiaries, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has a new public use file you may want to see. CMS has released a PUF on Socio-demographic and Health Characteristics of Medicare Beneficiaries Living in the Community by Dual Eligibility Status in 2021, the agency says in a message to providers. “This public use file uses data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey and contains estimates on socio-demographic characteristics, functional limitations, chronic conditions, mental health, and oral health of people with Medicare living in the community as well as those with both Medicare and Medicaid,” it explains. See the file and related info at www.cms.gov/ data-research/research/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey/ data-briefs-tutorials/mcbs-characteristics-dually-eligible-medicare-beneficiaries-living-community-infographic-2021.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Medical Review:
MAC Flags Lack Of Responses To CERT Requests As A Problem
You’re on the hook for securing documentation from other providers, MAC stresses. One HHH Medicare [...] - Medicaid:
Keep An Eye Out For Medicaid 80/20 Final Rule
At least the change would be 4 years off, if it’s adopted as proposed. Home [...] - New Q&As On Hospice MFTs, MHCs Shed Light On Some Questions, While Leaving Others Unanswered
MSWs will remain an important part of hospice, new guidance underscores. The ability for hospices [...] - Quality:
Policymakers Press Pause On PEPPERs
Home health and hospice agencies are on their own for benchmarking, at least until next [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
Hospices Are Taking Yet Another Turn In The Fraud Hot Seat
Fraud problems in Western states are far from fixed, critics say. Just when hospices think [...] - Health IT:
Check Out This Top 10 List That Impacts Your Health IT
Keep these agency acronyms straight. Don’t flail in a sea of alphabet soup while trying [...] - Industry Notes:
HHA Owner Draws 9-Year Prison Sentence
DOJ heralds another Health Care Fraud Strike Force victory. After being convicted of Medicare home [...] - Industry Notes:
Consult This Dashboard For Survey & Cert Data
Home health and hospice agencies now have pertinent data at their fingertips with the newly [...] - Industry Notes:
Peruse New SDoH-Focused File
If you’re interested in social determinants of health for Medicare beneficiaries, the Centers for Medicare [...] - Industry Notes:
Find Out More About Your Health Equity Reports
Home health agencies that haven’t gotten much use out of those Health Equity Confidential Feedback [...] - Industry Notes:
Part B Therapy Threshold Inches Up
The new year also brought a new therapy threshold amount. For Part B therapy services [...] - Industry Notes:
Arkansas Agency Faces Misclassification Lawsuit
An Arkansas-based home care provider is facing a lawsuit over how it classifies its employees. [...] - Industry Notes:
California Provider Faces 20-Year Exclusion
A California home health agency and owner have agreed to a 20-year exclusion from Medicare [...]
