Home Health & Hospice Week
Regulations:
Prepare To Bombard CMS With Comments About Documentation Change
Published on Fri Mar 09, 2018
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- Documentation:
Cert, F2F Documentation Troubles Plague HHAs
Recent documentation change in budget law amounts to no change, experts say. With Targeted Probe [...] - Legislation:
Go To The Source For Documentation Language
Key point: 'May' versus 'shall.' Here's the Bipartisan Budget Act language specifying the home health [...] - Regulations:
Prepare To Bombard CMS With Comments About Documentation Change
There's still a chance to persuade CMS to make change mandatory. Home health agencies would [...] - Certification:
Target These Mistakes Your Referring Physicians Make
Diagnosis alone doesn't cut it. The Medicare requirement basing home health agency payment on your [...] - Compliance:
Are Your Docs Hitting These 5 Cert Points?
Forget the ides of March: Beware missing encounter date. According to Medicare regs, a physician [...] - Industry Note:
Keep Eye Out For Aseracare Verdict
Forthcoming decision could determine fate of many whistleblower cases. A U.S. Appeals Court ruling expected [...] - Industry Note:
Get Quick Notification of Targeted Probe & Educate Developments Online
Home health agencies served by HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor CGS have good news about how [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Launches MyHealthEData
Get ready for potential new patient datarelated responsibilities under a recently unveiled Trump administration initiative. [...] - Industry Note:
Heed HIPAA Rules For CAHPS Surveys
If you haven't done so yet, expect to have a conversation with your CAHPS vendor [...] - Industry Note:
Therapy Caps Depart, But KX Modifier Remains
Don't think Medicare therapy cap amounts for Part B therapy services are going away entirely, [...] - Industry Note:
State Needs Surety Bonds For Home Care, Auditor Urges
Home health agencies may not be subject to surety bonds under Medicare - much to [...] - Industry Note:
VA To Piggyback On Medicare Fraud-Fighting
Expect even more enforcement activity under a new relationship between the Department of Veterans Affairs [...] - Industry Note:
Private Duty Chain Makes NM Buy, Including Hospice
Addus HomeCare Corp. has agreed to purchase Ambercare Corporation Inc., a provider of personal care, [...] - Industry Note:
Canadian Firm Buys In NE
Nova Leap Health Corp., based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has acquired private duty company Family [...] - Industry Note:
SNF HHAs Change Hands
Nursing home chain HCR ManorCare is filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy and handing over ownership and [...] - Industry Note:
Hospitals Close HHAs
More hospitals are closing their home care units. In Nebraska: Methodist Hospital in Omaha is [...]
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