Social worker visits remain virtually unchanged under SIA policy. The jury is still out on whether Medicare’s hospice payment reform model implemented last year is fixing the benefit’s perceived problems, … Continue Reading →
Number of providers climbed 4%. Although spring is here, hospices are still feeling the chill as the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission once again urges Congress to freeze their payment rates. Increases in … Continue Reading →
Under PAC PPS, home health stays would see downward adjustment. While home care providers may have more pressing matters to deal with, they shouldn’t lose sight of the Medicare Payment Advisory … Continue Reading →
Drop in agencies occurred in fraud-prone areas, MedPAC says. Law- and policymakers are basing their decisions on facts and figures the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission provides in its annual report to Congress. … Continue Reading →
Expect 14.4 percent profit margin for 2018. Home health agencies would see cuts on top of cuts, if Congress heeds an influential advisory body. As it voted in meetings earlier … Continue Reading →
The Bipartisan Budget Act did more than change Medicare reimbursement. Get to know the substantial civil and criminal penalty updates for things as minor as improperly filed claims. Among the … Continue Reading →
Option to pass the buck to appointed board now gone. While the created by the Affordable Care Act was never convened, many Medicare providers are glad to see it finally killed … Continue Reading →
Share tips and tools with your referring docs. You can boost your compliance — and reimbursement — by making sure your claims won’t fall prey to medical review denials based … Continue Reading →
Will new F2F clinical template help you? Scrutiny of your claims is heavier than ever, and physician certification — including the face-to-face encounter — is a hot target for reviewers. … Continue Reading →
Monthly billing make hospice claims a tempting RAC target. Recovery Audit Contractor Performant has yet to name a specific audit topic related to hospice, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t worry about … Continue Reading →
