Public feedback amount fluctuates significantly. Just how much Medicare officials will listen to home health providers’ pleas may rest, at least in part, on the number of folks who are speaking up. This year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid [...]
>‘Other industries have piles of money to throw around, but we have the best people with the best stories,’ industry veteran says. >Home health agencies and their representatives are not about to take the proposed 4.2 percent cut to Medicare [...]
Hold off on budget neutrality adjustments, case mix recalibration, commenters urge. The clock is ticking down to the release of the home health final rule, and the major changes it will require. Home health agencies hope the rule comes with [...]
Risk analysis remains a thorn in CEs’ sides. A review of HIPAA audits suggests that covered entities (CEs) are succeeding in some compliance areas while failing in others. In the 2016-2017 HIPAA Audits Industry Report, the HHS Office for Civil [...]
Commenters want the behavioral cut gone. In a few short weeks or even days, home health agencies will know what their Medicare reimbursement rates for next year will be. As it does annually, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [...]
New GG items should top your priority list. If you think the changes coming to OASIS in January are relatively minor because they involve lots of dropped items and only six new ones, think again. The Centers for Medicare & [...]
Section GG to expand. Get ready to put some serious resources into OASIS education and training in 2018, thanks to new requirements spelled out in the 2018 HH PPS Final Rule. On One Hand: Burden Lifted The Centers for Medicare [...]
Outpatient rehab providers brace for more than 1,000 new codes in 2017. Think your rehab practice or facility has aced ICD-10 just because you haven’t seen many denials since last October? Think again. CMS is about to get serious about [...]
Welcome improved dementia reporting. If you thought you'd have minimal 2012 ICD-9 updates to remember when completing M1020/M1022/M1024 because of the focus on transitioning to ICD-10 in 2013, you're in for a surprise. As of Oct. 1, you'll have more [...]
Welcome improved dementia reporting. If you thought the 2012 ICD-9 updates would be minimal because of the focus on transitioning to ICD-10 in 2013, you're in for a surprise. As of Oct. 1, you'll have more changes than in previous [...]
