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Home Health & Hospice Week
2013 Newsletter
Proposed 2014 Hospice Payment Rates
Home Health & Hospice Week
Proposed 2014 Hospice Payment Rates
Published on Fri Aug 16, 2013
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Home Health & Hospice Week
Hospice:
Medicare Sticks With 1% Hospice Payment Increase For 2014 -- Before Sequestration
More payment changes are on the way, CMS signals in final rule. Your costs are [...]
Diagnosis Coding:
Hospice Failure To Thrive, Debility Claims Start Returning To Provider In Fall 2014
Code all coexisting conditions, CMS also urges in final rule. You’ve got about a year [...]
Proposed 2014 Hospice Payment Rates
Regulations:
New Hospice Data Set Required Next Summer
Gear up now for the July 1 start date for HIS. Get ready to fill [...]
Privacy:
Stolen Laptop Leads To HIPAA Privacy Breach Notice For Another HHA
Make sure you’re taking this simple step to head off a HIPAA disaster. If you [...]
Industry Notes:
Benchmark Yourself With This Billing Data
Are your average visit numbers per episode closer to 12 or 26? Is your average [...]
Industry Note:
Pay Up Or Appeal For Incarcerated Denials
Don’t expect to see denials for supposedly incarcerated beneficiaries cleared up before October. So says [...]
Industry Note:
Missing Doc Signature Means No Billing
Don’t rely on your patient’s say-so to start delivering services. So says HHH Medicare Administrative [...]
Industry Note:
Figure Out Therapy Hold Impact On Reassessments
If therapy holds are tripping up your reassessment window for the discipline, an educational tool [...]
Industry Note:
HHA Faces Lawsuit From Pregnant Ex-Employee
Be sure you handle workplace discipline with open communication or you may face the situation [...]
Industry Note:
Feds To Sink $30 Million Into Falls Prevention Trial
Do you have a great strategy for preventing falls in your older patients? Then the [...]
Industry Note:
Listen In To Reap Benefits From Hospice CBR
You can learn to use your hospice Comparative Billing Report with a newly posted educational [...]
Industry Note:
VNA Shutters Medicare HHA Business
A 45-year-old nonprofit VNA is closing its home health agency unit due to lower reimbursement, [...]
Industry Note:
Former HHA Owner Draws 4-Year Jail Term
The feds continue to put away Medicare home care fraudsters. In Michigan: Former HHA owner [...]
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