In Change Request 9119, CMS provides clarifications and revisions to policies regarding physician certification and recertification for patient eligibility for Medicare home health services in the CY 2015 HH PPS final rule (published on November 6, 2014).
Topics: CMS, Face to Face, HHPPS
On Wednesday, March 11 from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will host its second call to review and obtain feedback on the draft templates to assist home health agencies in documenting a beneficiary's eligibility for home health services.
Topics: CMS, Face to Face, Home Health
The National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) has learned that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is launching a Hospice CAHPS Survey Mode Experiment. CMS is seeking information to help in the development of adjustors that will allow for better standardization across hospices that participate in the CAHPS survey. The experiment seeks to adjust accordingly to the survey mode used by the different hospices: mail, telephone, or mixed mode. CMS is working with the RAND Corporation on the project and outreach by both CMS and RAND is currently being made to selected hospices relative to participation.
Topics: CMS, National Association for Home Care and Hospice, Hospice CAHPS
