• 1 Prospective Payment System: 2019 Rate Increase Largest In More Than A Decade

• 2 Reimbursement: CMS Hangs Onto Behavioral Assumption Adjustment Cuts, Despite Industry Outcry

• 3 OASIS: Focus On These 8 PDGM-Impacting OASIS Items

• 4 Finance: New Clinical Groups Complicate PDGM Impact Estimation

• 5 Patient-Driven Groupings Model: Find A Patient's PDGM Case Mix Group With These 4 Steps

• 6 Billing: PPS Rule Finalizes First Step Of RAP Elimination

• 7 Billing: Eliminated RAPs May Lead To Notice Of Admission Requirement

• 8 Regulations: Ready Or Not, 30-Day Billing Periods Are On The Way

• 9 Hospice: Use NOTRs To Head Off Missed Reimbursement

• 10 Industry Note: Burdensome Discharge Planning Reg Still Looms

• 11 Industry Note: Commemorate National Home Care, Hospice Month

• 12 Industry Note: MAC Holds RCD Calls

• 13 Industry Note: TX Fraud Headed To Trial