Home Health Line
11/10/2014
by: CMS
Agencies in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas will feel the biggest impact from the final rule’s policies, with an average payment reduction in 2015 of 3.0%. Agencies in most other parts of the country fared slightly better under the final rule. Those within New England the Mountain regions will receive 1.6% more.
 
 
11/10/2014
by: CMS
Next year’s national per-visit amounts for low-utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) episodes will be slightly above the final rates for 2014 across all disciplines, according to the final 2015 PPS rule.
11/10/2014
by: CMS
The HHL team has compiled this quick-reference tool to help you evaluate the major provisions of CMS’ final PPS rule. The following changes will take effect in 2015.
11/10/2014
Agencies will want to make sure they contact their vendors, who will be handling most of the transition to CMS’ new Assessment Submission and Processing (ASAP) system, to ensure they are ready for the transition on 12 a.m. EST Jan. 1.
 
 
11/09/2014
This table reflects the recalibrated case-mix points system.
11/03/2014
It’s not enough to rely on the referral of a hospitalist to begin caring for a patient in home health. Agencies that fail to reach out to the physician in charge of the patient’s care compromise payments for those services made prior to contacting the doctor.
 
11/03/2014
View these two additional changes in the October OASIS Q&As.
11/03/2014
As health care responders across the country prepare for the possibility of coming into contact with the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, agencies should begin revising intake protocols to ask patients and their caregivers about recent travel history.
 
11/03/2014
When responding to additional documentation requests (ADRs), make sure your hospice submits plans of care that begin prior to the timeframe requested but extend into the requested timeframe.
 
11/03/2014
by: Palmetto GBA
Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) Palmetto GBA issued 367 denials to hospices from July through September 2014, with more than half coming for two reasons: Patients weren’t hospice appropriate or the plan of care wasn’t submitted properly or at all.
 

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