Home Health & Hospice Week
Get Ready For Intermediate Sanctions To Change Your Compliance World
2013 proposed rule also addresses hospice quality reporting. One of the biggest regulatory changes to hit home health agencies in years is proposed in the 2013 PPS rule. After pressure from the HHS Office of Inspector General, the Centers for Medicare & Medi-caid Services has proposed survey changes and imposition of intermediate or alternative sanctions. The sanctions include monetary penalties, payment suspension, and temporary management. "This is a huge change for HHAs," warns attorney Liz Pearson with Pearson & Bernard in Edgewood, Ky. "The proposed rules on the sanctions are nothing less than punitive." HHAs should expect to pay a lot more fines under the new structure, predicts attorney Robert Markette Jr. with Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff in Indianapolis. Such fines "would be especially hard on HHAs, who are dealing with significant rate cuts already," Markette notes. For more details about the intermediate sanctions changes and their impact on the industry, see the next issue of Eli's Home Care Week.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Prospective Payment System:
PPS Rates To Stay Flat Next Year
But watch out for legislative reimbursement cuts.For the first time in years, home health agencies [...] - Therapy:
Proposed Therapy Visit Ranges Spell Trouble Ahead
CMS wants to eliminate the 'close to' standard for multi-discipline episodes.One therapy reassessment requirement will [...] - Regulations:
Get Ready For Intermediate Sanctions To Change Your Compliance World
2013 proposed rule also addresses hospice quality reporting.One of the biggest regulatory changes to hit [...] - Hospice:
Will An OASIS For Hospice Come Your Way Soon?
Get a glimpse of the hospice quality measures on CMS's requirement short list.Expect to see [...] - Certification:
Physicians' F2F Documentation Continues To Challenge HHAs
Proposed rule fails to address crucial face-to-face problems.A small change to face-to-face physician encounter requirements [...] - Hospice:
OIG Calls For Crackdown On Hospice-Related Drugs
Medicare paid Part D plans $34 million for medications that hospices should have covered, new [...] - Human Resources:
Follow Up Promises With Action
Working on your trust-building skills will reap rewards for both you and your team.One of [...] - Industry Note:
Make Sure Teaching For Dementia Patients Includes This Documentation
Tip: Training caregivers counts toward this skilled need, new MAC article says.Worried about receiving denials [...] - Industry Note:
Medicaid To Expand
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the majority of the Affordable Care Act, [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Trains Docs On NPIs
If you're dealing with physicians who are stymieing your efforts to bill correctly, CMS is [...] - Industry Note:
Submit Discharges Timely
To avoid hassles from durable medical equipment suppliers, you should get your discharge claims in [...] - Industry Note:
Diabetes Incidence Grows
Don't be surprised to see an increasingly larger percentage of diabetic patients. Advances in medical [...] - Industry Note:
HHA Teaches Med Students
A Rhode Island home care provider will take an active role in making sure physicians [...] - Industry Note:
Chain Makes Texas Deals
LHC Group Inc. has entered into a home health joint venture with 25-hospital Texas Health [...] - Industry Note:
Feds Indict In Chicago
The crackdown on home health fraud continues, and it's not being tempered for physicians involved [...]
