SET UP AN EXTENDED REPAYMENT SCHEDULE
If you need longer than 30 days to repay the full amount of an overpayment due to the hospice Cap, you should submit a request for an ERS. While you … Continue Reading →
Category: Hospice
Fight To Get Sequestered Funds Excluded From Cap Overages Hits Roadblock
The math might be against you. If you think it’s unfair that Medicare calculates your hospice aggregate cap using funds you never receive, you’re not alone. But the Provider Reimbursement Review … Continue Reading →
Cap Sequestration Math May Be Hard To Beat
Should under- and over-cap hospices be treated the same? Hospices may have a tough time fighting Medicare’s cap calculation in court, experts agree. “This decision does not help those hospices that have … Continue Reading →
Mind Hospice Cap Deadline
If you don’t submit your self-determined hospice cap report to CGS by the Feb. 28 deadline, the Medicare Administrative Contractor will start withholding your reimbursement March 7, the MAC warns in … Continue Reading →
HOSPICE CAP REPORTING: ARE YOU PREPARED TO FILE
As you know, as published in the Federal Register on August 22, 2014, CMS released the new requirements for hospice cap reporting and overpayment remittances. Effective for the Cap year … Continue Reading →
Hospice Cap Procrastination Could Cost You
If you’ve never accessed your own PS&R data to calculate your self-reported hospice cap, you’d better get moving. “Providers will be required to obtain their own PS&R data in order to … Continue Reading →
New Hospice Compare Measure Goes Live In November Update
Plus: Watch for your next Compare preview report in early December. A big change to how potential patients and referral sources view your quality data is imminent. The Centers for Medicare … Continue Reading →
New Hospice Compare Measure Debuts This Month
Plus: New preview reports will be here soon. Will you be thankful for the new measure Medicare has added to its Hospice Compare website? If you’ve checked out the new … Continue Reading →
Medicare Cost Report: What is it?
All Medicare certified institutional providers are required file an annual cost report to their respective Medicare Administrative Contract (“MAC”). But what is a Medicare cost report and what is the … Continue Reading →
Finance: Make Cost Report Changes Before It Impacts Your Pay Rates
Are you in the nearly 40% of hospices not reporting volunteer services coordination? Medicare is getting serious about hospice cost reporting, and that focus is likely to translate into payment … Continue Reading →