Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
Medicare Transmittal Includes 2021 Hospice Rates
Published on Fri Sep 04, 2020
The 2021 hospice payment rates have officially hit the books. Consult CR 11876 at for the rates, cap, wage index, and pricer information included in this year鈥檚 final rule.
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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