Home Health & Hospice Week
Telehealth, F2F Head Up List Of Unreimbursed Costs
14% cut will hit all the harder.
How many of these legitimate expenses go on a Medicare cost report? None. How many can your agency afford to skimp on? Also most likely none, experts agree. Take a look at this partial list of costs that Medicare is not considering when it cuts 14 percent and tens of billions of dollars from Medicare home health spending in the next four years:
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Prospective Payment System:
Providers Decry Proposed Cuts As Final Rule Looms
HHA cuts will be closer to 4% next year, expert claims. When the PPS final [...] - Reimbursement:
Telehealth, F2F Head Up List Of Unreimbursed Costs
14% cut will hit all the harder. How many of these legitimate expenses go on [...] - Regulations:
Agencies Give CMS A Piece Of Their Mind On Rebasing
Medicare reimbursement cuts are unprecedented, commenters say. After years of reimbursement reductions and added regulatory [...] - Mergers & Acquisitions:
Don't Count On Cuts Going Away
Industry consolidation is at hand, experts predict. Are you one of the many HHAs sticking [...] - Hospice:
Enroll As Part B Provider Or Eat Vaccination Cost For Hospice Patients
Billing flu shots for your hospice patients may be harder than you’d think. As flu [...] - Industry Note:
Auditors Examine Hospice Billing In 2 States
GIP, election statements catch reviewers’ eye. The feds continue their scrutiny of hospice care, this [...] - Industry Note:
Use This Free Tool To Improve
Looking for ideas on boosting care quality at your agency? The Visiting Nurse Associations of [...] - Industry Note:
Check Out New Medicare Cost Report Forms
Keep up to date on home health agency cost reports forms. CMS has released new [...] - Industry Note:
Hospitals To Combine HHA Management, Not Agencies
Three Oklahoma hospitals want to combine forces to furnish home care and hospice services more [...] - Industry Note:
Gentiva Diversifies Payors With Major Acquisition
Gentiva Health Services Inc. plans to acquire Harden Healthcare Inc.’s home health, hospice and community [...] - Industry Note:
HHA Owner, Clinical Director Charged With Fraud
Two RNs have been charged in a $27 million Medicare fraud scheme in the Boston [...] - Industry Note:
LA Owner To Pay $15 Million To Settle Fraud Charges
A federal judge has ordered a Los Ange-les HHA owner who pled guilty to Medicare [...] - Industry Note:
MAC: Mark These Days On Your Calendar
You might not want to plan to catch up on claims system-related work Oct. 3-5. [...]
