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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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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...

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...

Hospice Aggregate Cap Report & Overpayment Returns due March 31!

Hospice Aggregate Cap Report & Overpayment Retu...

Remember that hospices must calculate and report their estimated aggregate Cap to their Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) between three and five months after the October 31 each year.  That makes...

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Hospice Aggregate Cap Report & Overpayment Retu...

Remember that hospices must calculate and report their estimated aggregate Cap to their Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) between three and five months after the October 31 each year.  That makes...

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Recertify Agency Enterprise Identity Management (EIDM) Account or Lose Access

Recertify Agency Enterprise Identity Management...

If security officers in every hospice and home health agency don't act by March 15, their agencies will be unable to comply with requirements to file cost reports (home health)...

Recertify Agency Enterprise Identity Management...

If security officers in every hospice and home health agency don't act by March 15, their agencies will be unable to comply with requirements to file cost reports (home health)...