Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
Use Finalized HIS Form For Preparation
Published on Fri Apr 25, 2014
You’ve finally got an official final version of the new Hospice Item Set that goes into ef-fect July 1. It actually contains no changes from the pre-Office-of-Management-and-Budget-approved version, CMS confirms. The form is in the “Down-loads” section at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Hospice-Quality-Reporting/Hospice-Item-Set-HIS.html.
Watch for the updated version of the HIS Manual to post to the site soon, CMS adds. The agency already has posted a change table from the current to upcoming version, but the Manual itself in not available quite yet.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Face To Face:
OIG Shoots Down 1/3 Of Claims Reviewed Due To F2F
Avoid these common F2F pitfalls identified by the watchdog agency. Physicians’ face-to-face narratives are coming [...] - Documentation:
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Don’t let missing title, date torpedo your claim. Home care providers and physicians alike are [...] - Medical Review:
Medicare Contractor Reviews Claims From Every HHA
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Examine Your Live Discharge Rate -- Before Reviewers Do
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MAC Continues String Of F2F Denials
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Use Finalized HIS Form For Preparation
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Recovery Audit Contractor Activity Hasn't Totally Halted
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