Don’t ignore it just because it’s in the hospital rule. Stay alert to a new cost reporting mandate included in the 2019 hospital inpatient payment rule, if you belong to … Continue Reading →
Medicare will no longer run new public display of measures through rulemaking. When it comes to approving new quality measures for inclusion on Hospice Compare, Medicare officials are asking hospices … Continue Reading →
Aides’ med administration, verbal order clarifications welcome. While there is a lot to be worried about in the newly released final Interpretive Guidelines for the Home Health Conditions of Participation, … Continue Reading →
Medicare tweaked testing IGs — but not enough. The final Interpretive Guidelines for the Home Health Conditions of Participation contain a little good news and a lot of bad news … Continue Reading →
The arrival of September may also mean the arrival of your hospice cap repayment notice. Some hospices may have already received a liability statement, but “typically” Medicare Administrative Contractors will begin … Continue Reading →
Do you know the difference between your charge error rate and your claim error rate? Whether you want to avoid Targeted Probe & Educate review or get off TPE once … Continue Reading →
One MAC releases new stats about the medical review program. As Targeted Probe & Educate rolls on, home health agencies are increasingly getting flattened by the new medical review program. … Continue Reading →
SOC, reprisal IGs could give agencies trouble. Home health agencies have a lot to worry about under the new finalized Interpretive Guidelines. Check out two of the top changes to … Continue Reading →
Warning: Learning curve likely steep. Although it may not always feel like it, many states have been enjoying a survey “honeymoon” since the drastically revised Home Health Conditions of Participation … Continue Reading →
Whistleblower rakes in $2.3 million. Be sure to toe the line in your relationships with institutional referral sources, or you could both get in trouble. Long-term care and rehabilitation hospital … Continue Reading →
