West Virginia Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito and Wisconsin Democrat Senator Tammy Baldwin introduced legislation that will allow more patient centered models of care for the treatment of terminally ill …
On February 27, 2018, the IRS finally released the updated W-4 for 2018 with many notable changes from previous versions of the form. Most noticeably, the exemption calculation has been …
Hospices who have failed to adhere to Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) will be receiving letters via the CASPER/QIES system starting July 9th. If you receive such a letter, your …
Hospice providers are continuing to play a critical role at the end stages of a patient’s life. More and more families are aware of this and push relatives to make …
This month is bringing some significant changes to the way hospice providers handle election periods. Effective July 2, 2018, the Common Working File (CWF also known as FISS DDE) has …
Medicare numbers are now in the process of being replaced. Member’s current HICN will be replaced with an alphanumeric combination called the Medicare Beneficiary Number (MBI). MBIs will be randomly …
Amedisys has been doing something that started a couple years ago and caught many by surprise. Their acquisition of private duty home care providers seems to be gaining steam. Starting …
The controversial law which allows patients to expedite the dying process has been put on hold by a state judge in California. Physicians are barred from prescribing any lethal drugs …
The DOL has filed new lawsuits against 5 different home health and home care providers across the county. In the suits filed, the DOL is going after providers for failing …
Quality of care tracking and reporting is becoming a much larger component of operations for hospices. CMS is actively working on providing more data to the public through various methods …
