• 1 Hospice: Medicare Sticks With 1% Hospice Payment Increase For 2014 -- Before Sequestration

• 2 Diagnosis Coding: Hospice Failure To Thrive, Debility Claims Start Returning To Provider In Fall 2014

• 3 Proposed 2014 Hospice Payment Rates

• 4 Regulations: New Hospice Data Set Required Next Summer

• 5 Privacy: Stolen Laptop Leads To HIPAA Privacy Breach Notice For Another HHA

• 6 Industry Notes: Benchmark Yourself With This Billing Data

• 7 Industry Note: Pay Up Or Appeal For Incarcerated Denials

• 8 Industry Note: Missing Doc Signature Means No Billing

• 9 Industry Note: Figure Out Therapy Hold Impact On Reassessments

• 10 Industry Note: HHA Faces Lawsuit From Pregnant Ex-Employee

• 11 Industry Note: Feds To Sink $30 Million Into Falls Prevention Trial

• 12 Industry Note: Listen In To Reap Benefits From Hospice CBR

• 13 Industry Note: VNA Shutters Medicare HHA Business

• 14 Industry Note: Former HHA Owner Draws 4-Year Jail Term