Home Health & Hospice Week
Submit Your 2 Cents On Cost Reports
If you have thoughts on the Medicare home health cost report, now’s the time to voice them. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is taking comments on its Form CMS–1728–20 until July 10, it says in a May 11 Federal Register notice. Reminder: The form “is used to determine a provider’s reasonable cost incurred in furnishing medical services to Medicare beneficiaries and reimbursement due to or from a provider” and “for annual rate setting and payment refinement activities, including developing a home health market basket,” CMS says in the comment request notice. “Additionally, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) uses the home health cost report data to calculate Medicare margins, to formulate recommendations to Congress regarding the HHA PPS, and to conduct additional analysis of the HHA PPS,” CMS adds. CMS estimates that 10,944 reports are filed annually to the tune of 2.1 million hours. Commenting instructions are in the notice at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-05-11/ pdf/2023-10026.pdf.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Value-Based Purchasing:
Dive Into Risk Adjustment With Latest VBP Educational Tools
Plus: Medicare urges you to use strategic practices for maintenance patients. As home health agencies [...] - Hospice:
Get A Sneak Peek At SFP Details
TEP report may signal what will be in forthcoming proposed rule. The home health proposed [...] - Surveys & Certification:
SFP Public Reporting, Graduation Criteria Get The Expert Treatment
Where will CMS land on these hot button Special Focus Program issues? The Special Focus [...] - Mergers & Acquisitions:
Providers Experience Pushback On Sales, Closures
Plus: Nonprofits finalize affiliation. Accepting donations, affiliation with a hospital or county, and nonprofit status [...] - Labor Law:
Don’t Let The Proposed Non-Compete Rule Put You On The Wrong Side Of The Law
Heed this practical advice for what you need to do now. Contemplating or already requiring [...] - Compliance:
Follow These 5 Steps While You Watch Closely For Non-Competes’ Fate
Tip: Duration and geography matter. With a Federal Trade Commission rulemaking on non-competes in progress, [...] - Industry Notes:
MA Hospice Aims To Further Health Equity, CMS Doc Says
Hospices partnering with MA plans have ‘history of serving underserved communities,’ CMS official says. If [...] - Industry Notes:
Submit Your 2 Cents On Cost Reports
If you have thoughts on the Medicare home health cost report, now’s the time to [...] - Industry Notes:
Beware NOA/NOE Delays With Claims System 'Dark Days'
The so-called “Dark Days” scheduled for the Medicare claims payment system changeover might cause more [...] - Industry Notes:
Heed Deadline For Updated ABN
Make sure you have the updated version of the Advance Beneficiary Notice form up and [...] - Industry Notes:
Get Your FIPS Code Right On Claims
Don’t pass up the chance for a little more Medicare money if you operate in [...] - Industry Notes:
Doc, Admin Owe $3M For Kickbacks
A Chicago physician and his wife must pay more than $3 million after a federal [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospice Inpatient Facilities Open
Hospice facilities continue to open around the nation, even as others close. In Illinois: Mokena-based [...] - Industry Notes:
Veteran Nonprofit Hospice Faces Class Action Wage Suit
A California nonprofit hospice is facing a class action lawsuit over wages. Former employee Tyeisha [...]
