Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
MACs To Check This Cost Report List
Published on Fri Sep 04, 2020
Check out new items in Medicare鈥檚 鈥淐ost Report Acceptability Checklist鈥� that could kick your report back to you. New items on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥� checklist for home health and hospice agencies relate to electronic submission and bad debt. See the changes at .
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Patient-Driven Groupings Model:
PDGM Behavioral Adjustment Is Way Off, New Study Charges
LUPAs are sky high and coding remains mostly unchanged, claims show. If you feel like [...] - Hospice:
Beware Pitfalls Hiding In New Hospice Addendum Requirement
Return to 鈥榥ormalcy鈥� means onset of a new regulatory burden. Hospices that are already struggling [...] - Reimbursement:
Beware Penalty For Missing/Late/ Invalid Addendums
The beneficiary鈥檚 entire stay could be at risk. Just how much is at stake when [...] - Compliance:
Follow 10 Pointers To Master Addendum Before It Tanks Your Claims
You should finalize your forms and P&Ps this week, expert advises. To avoid compliance and [...] - Labor Law:
If In-Person School Is An Option, You Don鈥檛 Have To Grant FFCRA Paid Leave
If In-Person School Is An Option, You Don鈥檛 Have To Grant FFCRA Paid Leave But [...] - Industry Notes:
Here鈥檚 How To Respond To Postpay ADRs
MACs offer helpful hints. After a five-month break from medical review, you may be rusty [...] - Industry Notes:
Medicare Requires COVID-19 Testing In Nursing Homes 鈥擨ncluding Your Staff
While many hospice and home health agencies that serve patients residing in nursing homes have [...] - Industry Notes:
CMS Responds To Hurricane Laura
Public Health Emergency waivers in Texas and Louisiana for Hurricane Laura don鈥檛 look much different [...] - Industry Notes:
Medicare Reconfigures Local Coverage Decisions
You can check out updates to the local coverage billing and coding articles for Hospice - [...] - Industry Notes:
MACs To Check This Cost Report List
Check out new items in Medicare鈥檚 鈥淐ost Report Acceptability Checklist鈥� that could kick your report [...] - Industry Notes:
Medicare Transmittal Includes 2021 Hospice Rates
The 2021 hospice payment rates have officially hit the books. Consult CR 11876 at - Industry Notes:
Business Associate HIPAA Breach Affects You Too
It doesn鈥檛 have to be your agency directly that suffers a ransomware attack, to have [...] - Industry Notes:
Hospices Make Buys In 2 Southeast States
The busy hospice mergers and acquisitions market continues to hum. In Georgia: Alleo Health System, [...]
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