Home Health & Hospice Week
Hospice Deals Dominate Year End
Chains focus on hospice development. Home care and hospice companies didn’t take a holiday break from mergers and acquisitions. Take a look at three recent deals: In Louisiana: Baton Rouge-based Amedisys Inc. has closed its acquisition of Asana Hospice, with eight locations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Missouri, and Kansas. Amedisys now has 146 hospice locations in 33 states, providing care to more than 12,000 patients daily, making it the third-largest hospice network in the country, the company says in a release. In Texas: VITAS Healthcare has opened a new office in San Marcos, marking the second location in the San Antonio area, the Miami-based chain says in a release. VITAS operates 48 hospice programs in 14 states and the District of Columbia. In Nevada: The Pennant Group Inc., the parent company of Cornerstone Healthcare Inc., has acquired the assets of Desert View Home Health in Clark County for undisclosed terms. A Cornerstone subsidiary will combine Desert View with other operations to form Comfort Home Health and Hospice. “We have been eager for some time to pair home health services with our hospice operations in Las Vegas and the surrounding communities,” Pennant CEO Daniel Walker says in a release. The Pennant Group, which operates in 12 states, has “at least” 64 home health and hospice agencies, it says.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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iQIES Glitches Compromise HHAs' Billing, CoP Compliance
Providers frustrated with lack of transparency. It will be another week or two before many [...] - PDGM:
PDGM RAPs Should Pay Soon — Just Not Very Much
HIPPS codes are the sticking point. The unusual payment hold on RAPs should let up [...] - Regulations:
Texas HHAs March Toward RCD Implementation
Alert: Check out 10 new RCD Q&As on PDGM. With hundreds of more HHAs going [...] - Regulations:
Stay Abreast Of VBID Developments
Plus: HOPE tool, HIS benchmark addressed in forum. Medicare is pushing its Medicare Advantage hospice [...] - Hospice:
Cap Reporting Deadline Slides To March
Tip: Gather your PS&R info as quickly as you can. The hospice cap self-reporting deadline [...] - Mergers & Acquisitions:
Hospice Deals Dominate Year End
Chains focus on hospice development. Home care and hospice companies didn’t take a holiday break [...] - Industry Note:
Blue Button 2.0 Bug Put PHI At Risk
BB2.0 apps were sharing beneficiaries’ info. A coding bug in Medicare’s Blue Button 2.0 program [...] - Industry Note:
MAC Targets These Topics In Latest Medical Review
If you feel like hospice medical review is stepping up in intensity, you may be [...] - Industry Note:
Boost PDGM Billing With These Aids
If the timing of PDGM billing is tripping you up, some new tools from one [...] - Industry Note:
Get Ready For These New Quality Measures
New quality measures are on the horizon — some closer and some farther away. Closer [...] - Industry Note:
Survey Changes Take Aim At Subjectivity
Get ready for new survey procedures this year. Guidance the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid [...] - Industry Note:
Peruse HIT Details
If the details of Medicare’s new Home Infusion Therapy benefit are still fuzzy, a recently [...] - Industry Note:
Appeals Demo Available
Would information on why Medicare is denying your claims help you improve in the future? [...] - Industry Note:
MA = Lower Quality
More information about the Direct Contracting payment model is coming up. Reminder: Under the model, [...] - Industry Note:
Mind Disclosable Events
Even with everything else on your plate in 2020, you can’t afford to slack off [...] - Industry Note:
Check F2F Documentation For This Must
Don’t overlook a common reason for claims denials, especially with cash flow so critical under [...] - Industry Note:
Providers Go Beyond Hospice — As Do Their Names
More hospices are continuing the trend of changing their names to reflect a broader range [...]
