Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Learn About Your Discharge Requirements
Published on Fri Jul 12, 2013
Looking for a quick recap of what Medicare expects of you regarding discharge? Check out a new Medicare Learning Network booklet on discharge requirements for home health agencies, hospices, and other post acute care providers at
"A physician’s order is not required to discharge the patient unless the HHA has such a policy or it is required by State law," the booklet explains in its home health section.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Prospective Payment System:
Rebasing To Strip Billions From Medicare HHA Spending
CMS to knock 3.5 percent off payment rates for next 4 years. It’s time to [...] - Proposed 2014 Per-Visit Amounts For LUPAs and Outliers
- Proposed 2014 Nonroutine Supplies (NRS) Categories and Payment Rates
- Payment:
LUPA Rates Go Up While Supplies Rates Decrease
LUPA add-on to get more complicated. Keep track of these tweaks to the home health [...] - Quality:
2 New Quality Measures Emphasize Rehospitalizations
You’ll need to monitor hospital-discharged patients more closely than ever. If you think Medicare already [...] - Reimbursement:
Say Goodbye To 170 Revenue-Generating Diagnosis Codes
Other PPS rule provisions include ICD-10 edits and OASIS changes. CMS is pruning the list [...] - Industry Note:
Providers Cheer Delay Of ACA Mandatory Insurance
Shared responsibility payments required in law put off even further. You’ve got a little breathing [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare Finalizes SNF-Hospice Written Agreement
Now you’re not the only one required to have a written agreement when you enter [...] - Industry Note:
MAC Now Requires F2F For All Episodes
Gear up for major battle over face-to-face physician encounter documentation — because your MAC is. [...] - Industry Note:
Keep Communication Open With CERT Contractor
Keep your medical review wires un-crossed by establishing a contact person specifically for Comprehensive Error [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Bumps MA HIPPS Requirement To December
You may get a break from your Medicare Advantage payers on Medicare’s requirement for MA [...] - Industry Note:
Learn About Your Discharge Requirements
Looking for a quick recap of what Medicare expects of you regarding discharge? Check [...] - Industry Note:
Get Hospice Monthly Billing Details Right
Hospice monthly billing may not always be as straightforward as it seems. "Providers whose claims [...] - Industry Note:
Hospital, Senior Living Join Forces With Home Care
Home care joint ventures seem to be gaining in popularity. In Cincinnati, The Christ Hospital [...]
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