Home Health & Hospice Week
PECOS Edits Start Nov. 8.
• If you geared up to analyze PECOS edit results starting Oct. 4, you can finally put that effort to good use. CMS had pushed back phase 1 of the edit, which checks that the referring physician on an HHA claim has a valid NPI and is enrolled in Medicare's PECOS system. Now phase 1 editing will begin Nov. 8, confirms regional home health intermediary Cahaba GBA in a message to pro-viders. Phase 1 is merely informational, letting agencies know their claims don't qualify, but leaving reimbursement unaffected. Phase 2 of Medicare's PECOS edits will reject claims that don't have the required physician information. CMS recently pushed back phase 2 edits to start next July (see Eli's HCW, Vol. XIX, No. 37, p. 290).
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Prospective Payment System:
Home Care Rates Slashed 5% Starting Jan. 1
Final rule brings no reprieve for HHA reimbursement rates. The budget ax has fallen and [...] - Regulations:
Prepare For Face-To-Face Encounter Burden
If your patients fail to see the doc in the mandated timeframe, it means no [...] - Therapy:
Agencies Win More Leeway With Therapy Requirements
Start setting up your operations to make therapy reassessment windows. New therapy assessment requirements have [...] - Enrollment:
Medicare Lightens Up On 36-Month Rule
Get to know these new CHOW rule exceptions. Your chances of selling your home care [...] - Industry Notes:
Federal Court Ruling Could Broaden Home Care Eligibility
Court says chronic care should not be barred from the benefit, as long as there's [...] - OIG Examines Pay Suspensions.
Once you're on a Medicare payment suspension, you shouldn't expect to get off it any [...] - PECOS Edits Start Nov. 8.
• If you geared up to analyze PECOS edit results starting Oct. 4, you can [...] - RHHI Releases NCLOS Stats.
• You can find out where you fall in relation to your peers when it [...] - Celebrate National Home Care, Hospice Month
• Don't forget to celebrate National Home Care and Hospice Month with your staff, referral [...] - Diagnosis Coding Glitch Fixed, RHHI Says
• The Medicare payment system glitch based on diagnosis codes has been cleared up, Cahaba [...] - CMS Announces Bidding Winners -- Finally
• CMS announced the list of durable medical equipment competitive bidding winners on Nov. 3. [...] - Sign Up For These Free Therapy Forums
• You can hear about therapy results, strategies, and tips in the Delta National Excellence [...] - Publicly Traded HHA Chains Report Increased Earnings
• Investigations into therapy provision by The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Senate, Securities and Exchange [...] - Acquisitions Heat Up In HHA Market
• Other home care companies have been busy on the acquisition trail as well. [...]
