Home Health & Hospice Week
Watch For HHQRP Penalty
Check your iQIES folder to see whether your pay will get docked next year for quality reasons. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services “is providing notifications to home health agencies that were determined to be out of compliance with the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HHQRP) requirements for calendar year (CY) 2021, which will affect their calendar year (CY) 2023 Annual Payment Update (APU),” CMS says in a post on its HHQRP webpage. “Non-compliance notifications will be distributed by the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and will be placed into Home Health Agencies (HHA) My Reports folders in iQIES on October 14, 2022.” HHAs that receive a letter of non-compliance may submit a request for reconsideration to CMS via email no later by Nov. 16, the agency instructs. Details about such requests are at https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/HomeHealthQualityInits/Home-Health-Quality-Reporting-Reconsideration-and-Exception-and-Extension.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- OASIS-E:
Assessing Clinicians Must Check These New Items Again
Plus: Where’s the finalized OASIS-E form? If you were hoping a thorough intake process would [...] - Assessment:
New OASIS Items That Patients Self-Report Irk HHAs
Recording patients’ answers when they appear to lack accuracy is confusing. As home health agencies [...] - Value-Based Purchasing:
Quick Start QAPI Tool May Boost Your VBP Preparations
Encore webinar spawns new Q&A set. If the imminent arrival of Value-Based Purchasing on Jan. [...] - COVID-19:
Staffing, Telehealth Feature In OIG Review Of HH COVID Response
Plus: More OIG audits focusing on telehealth are in the offing. Home health agencies aren’t [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
Therapist Whistleblowers To Rake In $1.3 Million In Qui Tam Suit
Oklahoma-based agency and execs settle fraud charges in 2 different suits for a whopping $30 [...] - Industry Notes:
DOL Rule On Independent Contractors Takes Aim At Home Care
Trump-era rule is on its way out, proposal shows. Home care workers are a prominent [...] - Industry Notes:
COVID-19 PHE Extended At Least Through January
As expected, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has extended the COVID-19 public health [...] - Industry Notes:
Supreme Court Won't Review These Hospice, HH Cases
Dismissed whistleblower cases against a hospice and home health agency will not get a hearing [...] - Industry Notes:
Claims For Recerts Hitting This Snag, MAC Reports
Home health agencies should watch out for a newly reported claims system glitch hitting their [...] - Industry Notes:
Threshold For ALJ Judicial Review Increases In New Year
Like many costs these days, an Administrative Law Judge-related expense will go up next year. [...] - Industry Notes:
Watch For HHQRP Penalty
Check your iQIES folder to see whether your pay will get docked next year for [...] - Industry Notes:
Government Sues CIGNA MA Plans
Home health and hospice providers that lament managed care’s invasion of the Medicare market may [...] - Industry Notes:
Do Double Duty For Demographic Data
Make sure your Medicare provider data is covered as the program undertakes a system transition. [...]
