Tip: Know the narrow exceptions. The new Federal Trade Commission final rule banning nearly all noncompetes clocks in at 165 dense pages. Read on for the highlights. When effective, the rule will: 1. Completely ban new non-competes for workers. The [...]
Unionization is still alive and well in home health. Case in point: At press time, Providence Home Health and Hospice in Portland, Oregon was undergoing a strike vote. More than 400 frontline clinicians had until June 4 to vote, reports [...]
Question: We performed the following services: Dexamethsone: 10:03-10:20 Benadryl®: 10:25-10:40 ULTOMIRIS®: 11:13 – 11:57 3300mg We split the claim to Medicare as the drug charge is in excess of $99,999. However, we are getting an N522 denial as the drug [...]
Plus: Expect a rate increase in the neighborhood of 2.9 percent for 2024, Commission estimates. There’s a lot to unpack in the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s new report to Congress addressing hospice payment rates, and some of that baggage could [...]
Higher hospice M&A volume persists. National chain LHC Group Inc. has had a busy few months on the acquisition trail — and they aren’t the only ones. More than the weather has been hot in the home health and hospice [...]
Prolonged service confusion, telehealth expansion, and a bottom line increase for 2021. As usual, this year’s Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule has a lot packed into its 2,165 pages. But ultimately there are four big takeaways for pediatric coding. [...]
Accuracy will place heavy burden on agencies. One step in the HHGM case mix process is going to lead to increased hospitalizations, heavier administrative burdens, and potential access issues, warned multiple commenters on the HH PPS proposed rule for 2018. [...]
Some of the stats CMS cites in the 2018 proposed payment rule may surprise you. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services cited a host of statistics in announcing its proposal to pare hospices’ payment increase down to 1 percent, [...]
Some of the stats CMS cites in the 2018 proposed payment rule may surprise you. Medicare is tightening up the purse strings for hospice services in 2018, if the payment rule for 2018 gets finalized as proposed. The Centers for [...]
Question: Other coders and I disagree about this chart: ED NOTE: CHIEF COMPLAINT/REASON FOR VISIT: Fever HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: This 4-year-old male patient comes to the emergency department with the chief complaint of fever which has been present for two [...]
