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Industry Notes:

Updated OASIS-E Specs Have Arrived

Published on Fri Jul 08, 2022

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Home Health & Hospice Week

Fraud & Abuse:
Parade Of Home Health Fraudsters In Latest Fraud Report Includes Multiple Physicians
Pro tip: Calling a payment to a physician a ‘copay’ doesn’t mean it’s not a [...]

Hospice:
Texas Fraud Hogs The Spotlight In OIG-DOJ Fraud Report
The massive Merida Group case gets even more airtime. Hospices get their fair share of [...]

Medicaid:
Scrutiny Of Medicaid Aide Services Rolls On
False timesheets in DC lead to arrest. The feds continue to crack down on fraud [...]

Mergers & Acquisitions:
National Chain Officially Spins Off HH, Hospice Business
Plus: Florida hospital teams with VNA, Ohio coalition gains another nonprofit member. It’s been in [...]

Studies & Surveys:
More HHAs In A Hospital's Area Is Associated With Higher Readmissions
Hospitals should steer patients to SNFs, study suggests. Patients may overwhelmingly prefer to receive care [...]

Industry Notes:
Updated OASIS-E Specs Have Arrived
Ask, and ye shall receive. A week after OASIS software vendors were low-key freaking out [...]

Industry Notes:
Senior Medicare Patrol Issued Hospice Fraud Alert.
In 2020, the Senior Medicare Patrol fraud-fighting program netted about half its $16.8 million in [...]

Industry Notes:
Big MA Plan To Start Requiring HH Prior Auth
Home health agencies in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana and Ohio: Heads up that UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage [...]

Industry Notes:
Where Will You Fall On HCI Spectrum? Newly Unveiled Stats May Clue You In
You can get into the nitty gritty details of the new Hospice Care Index quality [...]

Industry Notes:
OIG Returns To Obsession With Hospital Early Discharge To HH Penalty
The HHS Office of Inspector General wants to make sure no full payments for hospital [...]

Industry Notes:
HHA Owner Indicted For Kickbacks
A Texas RN and former home health agency owner is facing charges that she received [...]

Industry Notes:
New Report: MCCM Leads To Lower Medicare Spending
Hospice concurrent care makes economic as well as treatment sense, a new report finds. Medicare [...]

Industry Notes:
Hospices May Want To Keep An Eye On Oncology Payment Model Test
A new Medicare payment model test for cancer patients may not involve hospices directly, but [...]

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