Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
Benefit Manual Updated For New Hospice Election Requirements
Published on Fri Nov 20, 2020
The Medicare Benefit Policy Manual now reflects the addition of the new hospice election statement requirements that took effect Oct. 1 鈥� including a whole new section on the election statement addendum. See the additions and changes in Nov. 6 CR 12015 at .
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Home Health & Hospice Week
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Don鈥檛 Let No-Pay RAPs Sink You In 2021
Prediction: Reimbursement shortfall will lead to more agency sales, closures. If you鈥檙e waiting for a [...] - Reimbursement:
Prepare For No-Pay RAP Success With These 12 Tips
Focus on the 3 items required in the new RAP. The reimbursement seas are going [...] - Finance:
Don鈥檛 Miss These No-Pay RAP Clarifications
Bad news: Outlier, LUPA payments are affected. A few no-pay RAP details revealed in the [...] - Hospice:
Get Ready To Be Judged On Drug Claims
New PEPPER target area to debut in the spring. Hospices will have one more metric [...] - Compliance:
Beware Speaker Fees For Your Referring Docs After OIG Fraud Alert
Paying referral sources for speaking at in-services will land you under increased scrutiny. When one [...] - Industry Notes:
Medicare Home Health Improper Payment Rate Falls Again
Exactly how far still unclear. Home health agencies are looking less and less like the [...] - Industry Notes:
Get New Coverage And Payment Info On COVID-19 Vaccine, Treatment
The ramp-up to COVID-19 vaccination continues, and a new treatment option is now covered. 鈥淚f [...] - Industry Notes:
Federal Judge: States Can Collect HH Union Dues
A San Francisco federal judge has sided with the California Attorney General in a lawsuit [...] - Industry Notes:
Compare Change Nearly Complete
Say goodbye to Home Health Compare and Hospice Compare next month. But all of their [...] - Industry Notes:
MA Plans To Reach Out To Hospices
Watch your snail mail for information about the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in. Medicare Advantage Organizations [...] - Industry Notes:
Benefit Manual Updated For New Hospice Election Requirements
The Medicare Benefit Policy Manual now reflects the addition of the new hospice election statement [...] - Industry Notes:
HIT Enrollment Underway
The enrollment requirements for suppliers of services under the new home infusion therapy (HIT) benefit [...] - Industry Notes:
Appeals Won't Help Your RCD Stats
Dec. 1 starts a new Review Choice Demonstration cycle for home health agencies in Illinois [...]
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