Home Health & Hospice Week
Updated OASIS-E Specs Have Arrived
Ask, and ye shall receive. A week after OASIS software vendors were low-key freaking out about the wait for OASIS-E data specs on Medicare’s Home Health Open Door Forum, the agency released them. “I can’t stress strongly enough how important it is to get those specifications out as soon as possible,” one vendor told the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the June 29 forum (see HCW by AAPC, Vol. XXXI, No. 24). A CMS official pledged the specs would be out as soon as possible, and the agency followed through, posting the OASIS Data Submission Specifications Version 3.00.1 on July 6. “This FINAL version applies to the OASIS-E item set, which is scheduled for implementation on January 1, 2023,” CMS says in a message to providers. “There have been significant revisions to the edits for items in Sections A, D and N,” CMS reviews on its OASIS Data Specifications webpage. “Also, several items in Section A (as well as one item in Section B and one item in Section D) now have a new response option: patient declines to respond.” Download the specs online at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/ HomeHealthQualityInits/DataSpecifications.
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 [...]
