Dropped measures will come with OASIS changes. Medicare continues to focus on fine-tuning its quality reporting program for home health agencies, according to the new 2019 Home Health Prospective Payment … Continue Reading →
Plus: See how much Medicare’s behavioural adjustments are stripping from base rate. If you thought your home health agency impact file outlining the Patient Driven Groupings Model’s effects is the … Continue Reading →
CMS plans OASIS-D educational sessions. The wait is over — mostly. Medicare has released the guidance manual for the significant OASIS changes that are coming Jan. 1. Reminder: Back in March, … Continue Reading →
Your PEPPER report could come in handy. With attention on low-visit episodes heating up, now’s the time to make sure your related claims can stand up to reviewer examination. In … Continue Reading →
Medicare to spend nearly $400 million on RCD project, it says. While recently released documents on the Review Choice Demonstration for Home Health Services are shedding some lights on a … Continue Reading →
Nearly $1.5 billion in recoveries keeps the OIG on task. If you’re waiting for federal fraud-fighting efforts to lighten up, you’ll be waiting a long time. So indicates the latest HHS … Continue Reading →
You should be paying for insulin, beta blockers, and more, CMS instructs. Data revealed in the latest hospice payment proposed rule may indicate more medication payment crackdowns for hospices — … Continue Reading →
LOS ticks upward. You have only a matter of days left to give Medicare your two cents on its proposed rule for hospice payment for next year. Consider these 2017 … Continue Reading →
GAO wants Pre-Claim Review to resume. Medicare is revealing more details about its resurrected Pre-Claim Review demonstration project, which it’s now calling the “Review Choice Demonstration.” But many specifics remain … Continue Reading →
Keep long-term impact of expanded Level 1 edits in mind, experts urge. Chances are you need to shore up your cost reporting practices to avoid failing newly announced Level … Continue Reading →
