Don’t stop at base rate when calculating rule’s impact on your pay next year. The 2.2 percent rate cut is the reimbursement news catching most home health agencies’ eyes first, but there are a number of other important payment-related provisions [...]
After the $150 million settlement with the Department of Justice that Amedisys Inc. agreed to last fall, a $2 million settlement with the HHS Office of Inspector General over hospice practices may seem like small potatoes. “After it self-disclosed conduct [...]
Foundering chain self-reports hospice certification fraud. After the $150 million settlement with the Department of Justice that Amedisys Inc. agreed to last fall, a $2 million settlement with the HHS Office of Inspector General over hospice practices may seem like [...]
Providers that aren't testing their 5010 transactions may be falling behind. Back in June on the first 5010 testing day, 349 Medicare fee-forservice trading partners conducted testing using the new format, CMS says. They submitted 974 files. CMS and its [...]
