Home Health & Hospice Week
Submit Your Provider Relief Fund Report By Sept. 30 Or Pay Back Affected Funds
The COVID-19 public health emergency is getting farther and farther back in the rearview mirror, but crucial reporting for Provider Relief Fund spending persists. Don’t miss the next deadline coming up shortly. Healthcare providers that received more than $10,000 in PRF or American Rescue Plan Rural payments from Jan. 1, 2022, to June 30, 2022, must submit reports for Reporting Period 5 by Sept. 30, reminds accounting and advising firm Lutz in online analysis. “The deadline to use these funds was June 30, 2023,” the firm points out. “Providers who miss the deadline will be required to return funds,” warns LeadingAge on its website. Reporting details are at https://prfreporting.hrsa.gov. Next up: Reporting Period 6, which covers funds distributed from July 1 to Dec. 1, 2022, will have a deadline of Dec. 31, 2023, Lutz notes. After that will follow RPs 7, 8, and 9.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Oasis:
HHAs Called On The Carpet For Seriously Underreporting Falls
Watch out: Extremely low falls QM figures may become a red flag. Providers self-reporting quality [...] - Quality:
These OASIS-Based Quality Measures May Be Next To Draw Feds’ Ire
Will your data for the OASIS items feeding into these measures hold up? The 11 [...] - Assessment:
Brace For Stepped-Up Scrutiny Of OASIS Reporting
Surveys may become much more focused on OASIS compliance. The HHS Office of Inspector General [...] - Studies & Surveys:
Hospice Reduces Medicare Costs, Even For Dementia Patients, Study Says
Plus: Two more recent studies address health equity issues. Law- and policymakers need to take [...] - Overpayments:
Take Some Steps Now, Some Later For Overpayment Compliance In Light Of 60-Day Rule
Be ready to run with the new regs. What can home health and hospice agencies [...] - Mergers & Acquisitions:
2 Nonprofit Florida Hospices Plan To Join Forces
Plus: Amedisys-UnitedHealth deal clears next hurdle. Empath Health and Trustbridge are beginning the process of [...] - Industry Notes:
Step Up For TEP Activity In HH, Hospice
Quality measures, Value-Based Purchasing opportunities available. If home health and hospice providers want the feds [...] - Industry Notes:
Get Comfortable In Your Assigned VBP Cohort, At Least For The Next Year
If you have questions about the Value-Based Purchasing program, a new question-and-answer document may have [...] - Industry Notes:
Submit Your Provider Relief Fund Report By Sept. 30 Or Pay Back Affected Funds
The COVID-19 public health emergency is getting farther and farther back in the rearview mirror, [...] - Industry Notes:
Recoupments To Hit Hospitals For DRG Payments That Were Supposed To Be Prorated For Home Health DCs
You may notice a chilling effect on hospital discharges to home health, following a new [...] - Industry Notes:
New HHS Antidiscrimination Rule May Encourage Home Health Use
The Department of Health and Human Services is taking aim at discrimination in health care [...]
