Home Health Today – August 2015
August’s edition of Home Health Today is ready and full of information! You can view the PDF of August’s edition here. We look forward to your feedback on this edition!
Insights and News
Hospice Final Rule 2016
Hospice continues to see reimbursement levels increase. For fiscal year 2016 (October 1, 2015 – September 30, 2016), hospice providers are going to be receiving an additional $160 million in …
New Employee Compliance
Hiring new employees can usually create a lot of confusion due to the amount of forms, information and data that must be gathered. However, make sure you at least have …
Notice of Observation Status
Hospitals have until August 2016 to comply with a newly enacted law called The Notice Act. The Notice Act requires hospitals to notify Medicare patients when they are no longer …
Arkansas Terminates State Run In-home Program
In a move that stunned 13,000 patients and 2,300 staff, the State of Arkansas has given them six months to find another agency. The staff who contract with the state …
Medical Reviews – Be One step ahead
CMS published new guidance to contractors and Medicare Reviewers in CR9189 last month which took effect on August 11th. One thing that agencies must be aware of is that no …
ICD-10 is a month away… are you ready?
The clock is rapidly ticking away. Is your agency ready for ICD-10? Have you trained all staff – not just those in the office? Do you have a contingency plan …
Compliance updates
PEPPER: Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report PEPPER has come to home health. The first set of statistics are going to be made available through December 2014. The report …
What we hear: July, 2015
The proposed rule for 2016 is a continued step in the wrong direction for all home health providers – whether for-profit like you or even non-profit agencies. While ObamaCare is …
Stars ratings are out!
The long awaited star ratings are finally out and some agencies are not happy. Meanwhile, other agencies are quite happy and have not waited to issue press releases to let …