We understand that overseeing your patients’ day-to-day comprehensive care is exhausting and time-intensive.
We understand that overseeing your patients’ day-to-day comprehensive care is exhausting and time-intensive.
Topics: Hospice Quality Reporting, Hospice, Hospice Item Set
The FY 2017 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements released by CMS focuses more heavily on the hospice quality reporting program.
Topics: Hospice Quality Reporting, Hospice
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed FY 2017 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements.
Topics: Hospice Quality Reporting, Hospice Wage Index, Hospice
In July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Change Request (CR) 8358, Additional Data Reporting Requirements for Hospice Claims. Mandatory reporting of these additional items begins with claims with dates of service on or after April 1, 2014, with voluntary reporting beginning January 1, 2014. The CR provides instructions to Medicares Administrative Contractors (MACs) and also revises Section 30.3 of Chapter 11 of the Medicare Claims Processing Manual.
Topics: Hospice Quality Reporting, Hospice Association of America, National Association for Home Care and Hospice, Prescription Drug Reporting
Did you attend the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Homecare, Hospice and HME/DME Open Door Forum this week? Read on to review the issues, talking points and updates from CMS.
Topics: Hospice Quality Reporting, HHPPS, CMS Open Door Forum, HHCAHPS