Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Watch For Pay-Reducing Letter
Published on Fri Oct 04, 2019
You now can find out whether you鈥檙e slated to get less in Medicare payments starting in January, due to failure to meet quality data reporting requirements in 2018. Non-compliance letters are in home health agencies鈥� CASPER folders as of Oct. 1, and HHH Medicare Administrative Contractors are sending out hard copy letters as well. You can submit a reconsideration request by Nov. 1. Instructions are at .
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Review Choice Demonstration:
Surprise! RCD Will Launch In Texas In December
PDGM + RCD will close doors, expert warns. An Oct. 2 announcement from Medicare has [...] - Medical Review:
Texas HHAs Must Get Down To RCD Business
With the Review Choice Demonstration start date announced in Texas, agencies there must kick their [...] - Discharge Planning:
Start Preparing For Your New Discharge Planning Duties
Step 1: Decide on your definition of 鈥榓ll necessary medical information.鈥� If you are complying [...] - Compliance:
Educate Yourself To Educate Your Patients
Discharge planning rule puts patients in the driver鈥檚 seat, CMS maintains. Don鈥檛 overlook an important [...] - Regulations:
Patient Steering Concerns HHAs In Discharge Planning Rule
CMS encourages hospitals to highlight quality, cost info for referrals. The new discharge planning requirements [...] - Industry Note:
Overtime Exemption Final Rule Shouldn't Rock Your World
Check your salary levels to see who may become overtime-eligible Jan. 1. After years of [...] - Industry Note:
Hospitals Must Plan For Hospice Discharges
Hospices may see some effect from Medicare鈥檚 new discharge planning rule, too. The final rule [...] - Industry Note:
HH Compare Sneak Peak Now Available
Now鈥檚 your chance to get a look at your data that will go up on [...] - Industry Note:
Watch For Pay-Reducing Letter
You now can find out whether you鈥檙e slated to get less in Medicare payments starting [...] - Industry Note:
ABN Changes For Dual Eligibles On Deck
Don鈥檛 let an ABN change sneak past you. While the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid [...] - Industry Note:
MAC Targets GIP, NCLOS Stats For Review
If you鈥檙e wondering what hospice topics are catching medical reviewers鈥� attention at HHH MAC Palmetto [...]
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