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 →
What do you do when an MBI changes? Is it your patients’ turn to wade into the new Medicare card ocean? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has “started mailing new … Continue Reading →
TPE net reportedly catches lots of home care providers. Scrutiny of home health and hospice claims is on the rise, and you’d better know where that scrutiny may be coming … Continue Reading →
Will you stick out like a sore thumb? You’d better rein in any sloppy RAP practices you’ve slid into, or you could get caught up in Medicare’s crackdown on Request … Continue Reading →
Hospices are enjoying a well deserved break from dramatic payment or policy changes in the 2019 final rule. But the regulation does include a number of Hospice Compare revisions that … Continue Reading →
Shore up your cost reporting procedures ASAP. It remains unclear for now whether Medicare will take the route of major payment reform or not — and you can expect your … Continue Reading →
Medicare holds fast to its volatile wage index system. One significant component affecting your payment rates will continue as usual next year — despite the industry’s frustration with the methodology. … Continue Reading →
Medicare expects rural New England hospices to see a 3.4 percent positive impact. If you made budget plans based on Medicare’s proposed rule for 2019 hospice payment, they should be … Continue Reading →
PA provision should improve hospice access. It may not go as far as some hospices want, but the welcome Physician Assistant change in the 2019 hospice payment final rule will … Continue Reading →
