Home Health & Hospice Week
Gear Up For Quality Data Reporting Resumption
You might still be in the middle of a pandemic, but your quality reporting duties are about to pick back up. Reminder: “Both hospice and home health providers will resume quality data reporting July 1, 2020,” the National Association for Home Care & Hospice tells its members. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had put quality reporting on hold when the pandemic began (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. XXIX, No. 11). Some confusion about the hold’s end date may have come from an initial announcement that it would last through September. CMS corrected the end date to June (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. XXIX, No. 14). “CMS indicates it will analyze the data for each program recognizing that the [Public Health Emergency] continues and could impact the quality data submitted,” NAHC relates. Providers that don’t submit required quality reporting data will face a 2 percent payment penalty (see related story, p. 198).
Home Health & Hospice Week
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Proposed Rule's Telehealth Changes Don't Measure Up To Home Health Agencies' Wish Lists
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Check Out The Newly Proposed CoP Language On Telehealth
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Providers Get More Breathing Room On Cost Reports
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Costs Are Up And Admissions Are Down
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Medicare Extends MCCM Concurrent Care Demo
Medicare’s concurrent care demonstration project will get another year. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid [...] - Industry Notes:
VA Ups HH Referrals, GAO Report Says
HHAs are receiving more Veterans Administration referrals due to COVID-19. So says a new report [...] - Industry Notes:
Gear Up For Quality Data Reporting Resumption
You might still be in the middle of a pandemic, but your quality reporting duties [...] - Industry Notes:
Pick Back Up Where You Left Off With MAC's Advice
All may not be as you left it when you left your office weeks, or [...] - Industry Notes:
HH Employees Plead Guilty, Get Probation, Home Detention, Restitution
Two home health billers have been sentenced in the ongoing Moriarty Consultants Medicaid fraud case [...] - Industry Notes:
Texas-Based Hospice Chain Makes Buys, Plans Growth
A Texas-based hospice chain is setting its sights outside of the state. “We have done [...] - Industry Notes:
OIG Tells MCFU To Prosecute More
If you operate in a state that hasn’t seen a lot of activity from its [...]
