Home Health & Hospice Week
Tackle Coding Conundrums For BIMS, N0415 With New Educational Tools From Medicare
Boost your assessment staff ’s OASIS accuracy with two new educational tools from Medicare. BIMS: “The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is offering a 3-minute, animated explainer video, BIMS and BIMS Summary Score: Stopping and Coding an Incomplete Interview for HH Providers,” CMS says in a message to providers. The video aims to “assist providers in accurately determining when the Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) should be stopped, and how to code the remaining items in this situation,” it says. Find the video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVhqbtZRNPc. N0415: CMS is also offering a 4-minute, animated explainer video, Understanding Coding for N0415. High-Risk Drug Classes: Use and Indication for HH Providers. The video should “assist providers in accurately determining whether a patient is taking any prescribed medications in the specified drug classes and whether the patient-specific indication was noted for all medications in the drug class,” CMS says. Find the video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eBsEGLQSt8.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Value-Based Purchasing:
Put October Value-Based Purchasing IPRs On Your Calendar
Get more info on whether you’ll see a pay boost or penalty based on your [...] - Reimbursement:
HHAs Get Fuller Picture Of Their VBP Payment Fate With October IPR’s Total Performance Score
TPS isn’t binding yet, however. With home health agencies nearly three-fourths done with their first [...] - Hospice:
SFP Burdened With A Plethora Of Flaws, Providers Warn CMS
From CAHPS issues to surveyor shortfalls, serious faults dog the program — and could close [...] - Surveys & Certification:
Medicare Should Change These 5 Things About SFP, Commenters Urge
Start with taking CMS’ foot off the gas pedal. Hospices are not happy with Medicare’s [...] - Telehealth:
Home Health Telehealth Needs Watching, OIG Tells Medicare
Have agencies learned from their initial mistakes? In the early days of the COVID-19 public [...] - Industry Notes:
HRSA Continues To Recoup PRF Relief Funds
Heads up: RP 6 reports are due Dec. 31. As more reporting period deadlines for [...] - Industry Notes:
Tackle Coding Conundrums For BIMS, N0415 With New Educational Tools From Medicare
Boost your assessment staff ’s OASIS accuracy with two new educational tools from Medicare. BIMS: [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospice Medicare Advantage VBID Carve-In Area Shrinks A Bit Geographically
The Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in will change shape a bit next year, Medicare officials have [...] - Industry Notes:
Head Off Steep Settlements With Smart Onboarding Checks
If you don’t have a spare $150K lying around, then be sure to check your [...] - Industry Notes:
Equity Reports To Hit Post-Acute Providers In October
Keep watch for two new equity-focused reports coming your way next month — the Discharge [...] - Industry Notes:
Take A Look At New Medicaid Hospice Payment Rates
Check out Medicaid payment rates for hospice services at www.medicaid.gov/sites/default/files/2023-09/medicaid-hospice-rate-letter-FY2024.pdf. Rates take effect Oct. [...]
