Home Health & Hospice Articles by Topic: Hospice
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 10, October 28, 2019
No there is not a list of acceptable codes for hospice, however there is a list of unacceptable...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 10, October 28, 2019
When dealing with GIP, you have to make sure that the patient qualifies for this level of...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 6, June 28, 2019
Agencies have to educate the staff on the CAHPS survey questions so that they can educate the...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 6, June 6, 2019
CMS is conducting data analysis to prepare for possible introduction of star ratings on Hospice...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 5, May 8, 2019
While the hospice industry is expected to receive about $540 million in increased payments in 2020...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 11, November 5, 2018
CMS feels it’s necessary to develop a comprehensive, standardized patient assessment tool for...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 9, September 1, 2018
A new report from the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) contends that while hospice care can...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 6, June 4, 2018
Some hospice industry experts were taken aback by CMS’ latest analysis of service intensity...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 5, May 2, 2018
The hospice industry is expected to receive about $340 million in increased payments in 2019...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 8, April 17, 2018
No conversation on the phone can be billable, as is the same for HIS quality measures.
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Homecare E-News, Issue 13, March 26, 2018
To comply with the Hospice QRP (HQRP) requirements, hospices must successfully submit timely...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 7, February 12, 2018
This fact sheet outlines specific compliance requirements for Hospice Item Set (HIS) and Consumer...
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Homecare Direction, Issue 2, February 12, 2018
A short but intense stay on the routine home care level of care — the care level most...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 3, February 2, 2018
CMS provides a number of reasons for addressing pain on the HIS. Pain is prevalent and...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 3, February 2, 2018
CAHPS results can have significant implications in the hospice arena. Beyond factoring into the...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 1, January 3, 2018
Thank you for your question and com-mitment to quality and compliance. Z51.5 does not have to be...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 48, December 18, 2017
Hospices have taken a big step forward on pain assessment, the Hospice Item Set (HIS) measure that...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 47, December 11, 2017
CMS has recently announced that the location search field on Hospice Compare hasn’t worked...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 46, December 4, 2017
CMS has updated pages of the Hospice Item Set Manual V2.00 as a result of the federal Medicare...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 42, November 2, 2017
November marks Home Care and Hospice month, according to CMS. Now is the time to ensure your...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 36, September 25, 2017
The Journal of Clinical Oncology released guidelines for oncology clinicians to use effective...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 18, September 19, 2017
From time to time, hospice patients may travel outside of their current hospice provider’s...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 34, September 11, 2017
Hospice providers are encouraged to preview their quality measure results based on Quarter 1- 2016...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 17, August 31, 2017
Interpretive Guidelines §418.56(c)(2) state...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 32, August 21, 2017
Hospice Compare’s launch Aug. 16 confirms that, for the most part, hospices already perform...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 16, August 17, 2017
Familiarity with the contents of the CAHPS survey can help hospice staff understand how various...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 16, August 17, 2017
Homecare Q&A, August 17, 2017
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Homecare E-News, Issue 30, August 7, 2017
Hospices that received letters from CMS indicating they failed to meet the 2016 calendar year...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 15, August 3, 2017
When a hospice discovers a new ADR, staff should review the time frame for the ADR, assemble...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 45, November 28, 2016
Hospices affected by Hurricane Matthew can file for exemption of data reporting Centers for...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 45, November 28, 2016
The exemption form for being exempt from submitted CAHPS data due to small size is due by December...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 41, October 31, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a memorandum on October 21, 2016...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 40, October 24, 2016
New communication ruling for home health and hospices takes effect. This week, the Centers...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 16, August 22, 2016
This would either require an incident report or, if the patient no longer needed the service, just...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 16, August 22, 2016
You can use ranges on hospice patients. Missed visits are only needed if the agency does not meet...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 15, August 3, 2016
CMS requires that a physician narrative be included in a patient’s hospice recertification...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 15, August 3, 2016
The two-tiered payment system for RHC compensates providers for the resource-intensive first 60...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 28, July 25, 2016
In this week's roundup:
New HHA PEPPER is now available. A new release of the Program...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 22, June 6, 2016
In this week's roundup:
House members slam home health prior authorization proposal. A...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 21, May 23, 2016
United States Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) recently...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 21, May 23, 2016
In this week's roundup:
Overtime laws could change the game for home health: The Department...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 14, April 4, 2016
Recent investigations by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) have shown a number of instances in...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 12, March 21, 2016
The CMS Office of Minority Health last week unveiled a snapshot of chronic disease-related service...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 8, February 22, 2016
The latest version of proposed cost reporting changes for the home health-based hospices...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 7, February 15, 2016
CMS intends to start a Medicare Probable Fraud Measurement Pilot for home healthcare services...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 2, January 18, 2016
Does the referring physician need to sign the CTI if he is not the attending?
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Homecare E-News, Issue 2, January 11, 2016
According to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, hospice organizations should...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 51, December 28, 2015
CMS data shows cost disparities in home health services
Not unlike hospital procedures and tests...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 44, November 9, 2015
On Monday, November 2, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector...
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Homecare E-News, Issue 39, October 5, 2015
This past Thursday (October 1, 2015), began the live implementation of ICD-10 across the...
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Homecare Insider, Issue 23, June 15, 2015
Instead of extending the Medicare sequestration into 2024, how do recent legislative proceedings...
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Homecare Q&A, Issue 7, April 3, 2015
Before offering the Medicare Hospice Benefit (MHB) to a beneficiary, the hospice must first verify...
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Homecare Insider, Issue 1, January 5, 2015
Will home health remain exempt from overtime compensation in most circumstances like it has for 40...