Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
Tune In To Free Hospice Composite Measure Webinar
Published on Fri May 28, 2021
Find out more about Medicare鈥檚 new Hospice Quality Composite Measure and how it differs from individual quality measures in an upcoming CMS educational session. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a webinar on the measure on June 2. Register via a link at .
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Home Health & Hospice Week
- Labor Law:
Apply Independent Contractor Designation Carefully After Regulatory Change
Compliance for claiming contractor status is a 鈥榤oving target,鈥� attorney warns. If you think avoiding [...] - Compliance:
Do Your Contractors Measure Up Under These 7 鈥楨conomic Realities鈥� Factors?
Degree of control is key. If you鈥檙e claiming workers are independent contractors but they don鈥檛 [...] - Audits:
Protect Yourself From Audits With These 5 Tips
OIG deems 20% of nonprofit hospice鈥檚 audited claims 鈥榰nallowable鈥� and assesses $13 million overpayment. The [...] - COVID-19:
Vaccine Incentive Rules For Employees, Patients Get Clearer
Use these important safeguards to offer incentives to patients. Sooner than you think, you may [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
Physicians Take Center Stage In Home Health Fraud
Kickbacks for referrals, certs, and more land docs in the courtroom. A federal jury has [...] - Mergers & Acquisitions:
Home Health Company Launches Joint Venture
Plus: Hospice deals continue to flourish. Alternate Solutions Health Network and The Ohio State University [...] - Industry Notes:
CMS Administrator Finally Confirmed
Home health, hospice representatives welcome Chiquita Brooks-LaSure. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has [...] - Industry Notes:
HCBS Reporting Hits Federal Register
If you鈥檇 like to give Medicare your two cents on the reporting required of states [...] - Industry Notes:
Submit NOEs Electronically, CMS Urges
CMS thinks hospices can do better regarding electronic submission of Notices of Election. After Medicare [...] - Industry Notes:
Tune In To Free Hospice Composite Measure Webinar
Find out more about Medicare鈥檚 new Hospice Quality Composite Measure and how it differs from [...] - Industry Notes:
Peek At NOA Instructions To MACs
You鈥檝e now got more home health NOA information at your fingertips. The Centers for Medicare [...] - Industry Notes:
Beware Kickbacks From Software Co
If you feel like you鈥檝e been doing a good job fending off any illegal kickbacks, [...] - Industry Notes:
Heed OIG's Vaccination Billing Don'ts
The HHS Office of Inspector General has vehemently reminded COVID-19 vaccine providers that recipients are [...]
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