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HVLDL Isn’t Quite NQF Official
Published on Wed May 11, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services apparently got ahead of itself when it said on April 14 that its new Hospice Quality Reporting Program quality measure, Hospice Visits in Last Days of Life, was endorsed by the National Quality Forum. “CMS removed the announcement and will provide an update as appropriate,” it says in a new message.
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- Quality:
HCI, HVLDL Measures Debut In This Month’s Care Compare Refresh
Plus: Submit your proposed rule comments by May 31. Stats on new hospice quality measures [...] - Reimbursement:
Proposed 5% Cap On Wage Index Decreases To Have Limited Impact In 2023
Next year will bring the usual crop of wage index winners and losers. While a [...] - Finance:
ADC Suppressed As Pandemic Wore On, Publicly Traded Companies Report
Contributing factors include later referrals, lower nursing home business If you experienced lower hospice patient [...] - Mergers & Acquisitions:
Humana Plans $2.8 Billion Sale Of Hospice, PC Businesses
Plus: Nonprofits merge in Maryland. The hospice landscape continues to shift with major M&A activity. [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
Hospice Catches The Fraud Spotlight In Recent Enforcement Actions
Texas, California cases finger hospice fraudsters. The Department of Justice isn’t done with two hospice [...] - Hospice News:
MAC Clarifies VBID Carve-In Details
Here’s how to treat MA payments for cap purposes. The longer Medicare’s Value-Based Insurance Design [...] - Hospice News:
Latest PHE Renewal Begs The Question: How Long Will It Last?
HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra signed a ninth extension of the COVID-19 public health emergency, effective [...] - Hospice News:
Medicare Thrusts Ownership, M&A Info Into The Light
Look to a development for SNFs and hospitals to see what might be coming down [...] - Hospice News:
HVLDL Isn’t Quite NQF Official
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services apparently got ahead of itself when it said [...] - Hospice News:
GIP Care, New Status Draw Medical Review Scrutiny
If you’re wondering what’s putting a target on hospices’ backs, some comments at a recent [...] - Hospice News:
TEP Entertains Idea Of Complaint-Driven QMs
You can now get an inside look at what the Hospice Quality Reporting Program Technical [...] - Hospice News:
Sequestration Cuts Still Loom Large After Enactment Of Budget Bill
The appropriations legislation enacted back in March funded the federal government through the end of [...]
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