2017 Home Health proposed Rule
The proposed rule for 2017 is out and home health agencies once again should be preparing for a cut. While the cut is not as large as that in 2016, …
The proposed rule for 2017 is out and home health agencies once again should be preparing for a cut. While the cut is not as large as that in 2016, …
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for CMS has released their mid-year work plan for the remaining portion of the year. As always, home health and hospice is very clearly …
CMS is pressing ahead with a new regulatory burden on 5 states. Pre-Claim reviews which was previously reported earlier this year as a potential demonstration is now a reality. The …
CMS is really trying hard to combat fraud, but in their usual tactics seem to be not even addressing the problem but rather sweeping it under the rug. The experts, …
Agencies spend thousands of dollars each year on staff education. Agencies also spend thousands of dollars on advertising and performing marketing services. But how much time and money is spent …
May is the standard cost report filing period for most agencies before the typical summer slowdown. The process of gathering the cost report data takes a while and is seen …
CMS is really trying hard to combat fraud but in their usual tactics seem to be not even addressing the problem but rather sweeping it under the rug. The experts, …
Agencies spend thousands of dollars each year on educating staff. Agencies also spend thousands of dollars on advertising and performing marketing services. But how much time and money is spent …
May is the typical filing period for most agencies before the typical summer slowdown for many agencies. As cost reports are due at the end of the month, the …
Last month, we reported that prior authorizations were proposed as a method of combatting fraud and abuse in home health by CMS. Well, it has caught the attention of many …