Home Health Line Breaking News
03/29/2024
After face-to-face encounter documentation caused 480 claim denials under medical review in the last three months of 2023, Palmetto GBA is reminding agencies of the requirements and how to avoid these denials.
03/28/2024
The HOPE instrument will collect data at multiple time points across the hospice stay, including admission, the HOPE Update Visit (HUV) and discharge.
03/28/2024
The hospice owner concealed his ownership and control over the hospice entities from Medicare, inserted nominee owners, paid kickbacks to patient recruiters and profited from the scheme, according to the DOJ.
03/26/2024
Of the 2,169 denials, 1,223 (or 56%) were due to the requested records not being submitted.
03/26/2024
The scheduled call comes as providers await release of the FY 2025 Hospice Payment Rate Update proposed rule.
03/22/2024
Hospice providers should regularly review their reports to verify that their demographic data is accurate.
03/19/2024
The commissions recommendations to Congress also included no payment update for hospice providers.
03/15/2024
The revised State Operations Manual Appendix B adds more 25 pages to the existing 92-page text.
03/15/2024
The Biden administration is angling to make the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model permanent. It was one of several initiatives announced in the president’s FY 2025 budget.
03/13/2024
The agency allegedly billed Medicaid for personal care services that were never performed, such as billing for in-home services on days when patients were hospitalized and aides were out of town.

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