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Help for hospice professionals suffering from regulatory whiplash

Help for hospice professionals suffering from r...

You're likely too busy with patient care and follow up from your latest CMS-inspired QAPI project to know what Medicare plans to change in the hospice world next. Even if...

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Help for hospice professionals suffering from r...

You're likely too busy with patient care and follow up from your latest CMS-inspired QAPI project to know what Medicare plans to change in the hospice world next. Even if...

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Tell NAHC About Your Probe and Educate Audit Results

Tell NAHC About Your Probe and Educate Audit Re...

Has your Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) requested five home health patient records for pre-payment review? Did the MAC deny payment for any of them?

Tell NAHC About Your Probe and Educate Audit Re...

Has your Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) requested five home health patient records for pre-payment review? Did the MAC deny payment for any of them?

What's your take on CMS' 2017 Hospice Proposed Rule?

What's your take on CMS' 2017 Hospice Proposed ...

Submit your comments here if you see things in hospice differently than does CMS' proposals and the rationale for proposals in the FY 2017 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update...

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What's your take on CMS' 2017 Hospice Proposed ...

Submit your comments here if you see things in hospice differently than does CMS' proposals and the rationale for proposals in the FY 2017 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update...

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Survey Deficiencies May Expose Home Health & Hospice to False Claims Act Suits, Pending Supreme Court Decision

Survey Deficiencies May Expose Home Health & Ho...

NAHC announced today (20 April 2016) that the Supreme Court is considering arguments made yesterday (19 April 2016) that billing CMS for home health or hospice services implies that the...

Survey Deficiencies May Expose Home Health & Ho...

NAHC announced today (20 April 2016) that the Supreme Court is considering arguments made yesterday (19 April 2016) that billing CMS for home health or hospice services implies that the...

PRESSURE INJURY -- It's the New Pressure Ulcer

PRESSURE INJURY -- It's the New Pressure Ulcer

Say "good-bye" to pressure ulcers. Say "hello" to pressure injuries -- in Technicolor! The infamous, only-wounds-to-stage skin lesions are now called "pressure injuries" an April 13, 2016 National Pressure Ulcer...

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PRESSURE INJURY -- It's the New Pressure Ulcer

Say "good-bye" to pressure ulcers. Say "hello" to pressure injuries -- in Technicolor! The infamous, only-wounds-to-stage skin lesions are now called "pressure injuries" an April 13, 2016 National Pressure Ulcer...

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Deductibles, 20 Percent Copays for Hospice and Home Health? That's the plan.

Deductibles, 20 Percent Copays for Hospice and ...

"Oops, Congress changed that. Hospice isn't covered at 100% any more. Your husband's nurse will collect your 20% hospice co-payment, each visit, Mrs. Jones. And the Social Worker will bring...

Deductibles, 20 Percent Copays for Hospice and ...

"Oops, Congress changed that. Hospice isn't covered at 100% any more. Your husband's nurse will collect your 20% hospice co-payment, each visit, Mrs. Jones. And the Social Worker will bring...