Do you know the increases? The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 changed more than just reimbursement. Get to know the substantial civil and criminal penalty updates for things as minor … Continue Reading →
Don’t wait until the round is over to implement improvements. Seeing the error of your billing ways — and changing them immediately — could get you off punishing Targeted Probe … Continue Reading →
High-profile cases paint industry with fraud brush. The hospice industry continues to draw fraud-fighting attention from the feds, as shown in a recent report on the Health Care Fraud and … Continue Reading →
New quality measure aims to ID discharges followed by hospitalization or death. Concerns about hospices discharging patients alive continue, and a newly proposed quality measure takes aim at the sore … Continue Reading →
Your ALJ success rate should factor into your decision, legal experts advise. Don’t forget that the Low-Volume Appeals route isn’t the only way to speed your resolution of Medicare claims … Continue Reading →
Do your staff understand the difference between ‘Partial/moderate’ and ‘Substantial/maximal’ assistance when scoring mobility? In OASIS-D, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposes that clinicians score the following abilities based on this … Continue Reading →
Now’s the time for clinicians to polish their general OASIS coding skills. With the OASIS-D changes bearing down on home health agencies, providers are ready to take action — but … Continue Reading →
23 Tip: Make real-life scenarios part of your staff training. Come January, your reimbursement, outcomes, star ratings, and more will depend on a seriously revamped OASIS tool. Use this expert … Continue Reading →
From medical review to star ratings to surveys, expect the revised assessment tool to have a big effect. Don’t let OASIS-D’s impact on a wide variety of your agency’s areas … Continue Reading →
Two items will also be deleted only at certain time points. Last year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it was dropping 31 items from OASIS in 2019 totally and … Continue Reading →
