OIG Report Blasts Hospice & CMS Oversight
A recently released OIG report blasts hospices and CMS for lack of oversight. The report detailed multiple instances, totaling 16 different areas, in which CMS and providers failed to comply …
Does Your Agency Provide Private Duty/Personal Care?
Is your agency or an affiliated entity providing private duty, private pay or personal care services to the same market you provide skilled services? If not, you could be losing …
OIG Alert: Medicare Services during Hospice Election
CMS’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) is looking at patients who receive hospice and also receive other Medicare services. The OIG announced as part of the continuing work to ensure …
Humana as a Hospice Provider
Humana has been on an aggressive streak lately to acquire some of the largest hospice providers in the nation on top of acquiring a home health chain. But why? It’s …
Maximize Reimbursement: Train Intake Staff
Did you know that maximizing reimbursement begins with the very first contact with your agency either from a patient or an Insurer? Each phone call, fax or electronic transmission must …
Hospice Business: What We Hear
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 …
Medicare Beneficiary Numbers – New Medicare Numbers and IDs
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 …
Publicly Traded Spotlight: Amedisys & Private Duty
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 …
Department of Labor Lawsuits – Home Health
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 …
CMS Allows Medicare Advantage Homemaker Coverage
In April, we learned that CMS was opening Medicare Advantage plans up to include coverage for homemaker services. While this is great for patients, you can expect more traditional Medicare …