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Hospice News
CMS RELEASED PROPOSED RULE TO UPDATE HOSPICE PAYMENT RATES EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2021
Volume 21.05 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has issued the Proposed Rule, Medicare Program; FY 2022 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update, Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates, Hospice and Home Health Quality Reporting Program Requirements. The Proposed Rule...
HOSPICE NEWS REPORTS ON PRESENTATION BY RYAN LINDSAY
Volume 21.04 This week Ryan Lindsay, CPA, Director at The Health Group, LLC, spoke at the Annual Meeting of the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (“NHPCO”). His presentation, “Amazon Will Change How Hospices Do Business”, was reported on by Hospice News. Ryan’s presentation...
HOSPICE AGGREGATE PAYMENT LIMITATION (“CAP”) INCREASINGLY REDUCING MEDICARE HOSPICE PAYMENTS
Volume 21.03 The Medicare Payment and Advisory Commission (“MedPAC”) recently recommended that “For fiscal year 2022, the Congress should eliminate the update to the 2021 Medicare base payment rates for hospice and wage adjust and reduce the hospice aggregate cap by 20 percent.” Our exposure to...
Healthcare News
COVID-19 ACCELERATED AND ADVANCE PAYMENT REPAYMENTS
Volume 21.06 In 2020, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) expanded the availability of Accelerated and Advance Payments to Medicare providers to provide assistance with cash flow during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (“PHE”). CMS has released MLN Matters Number...
COVID-19 PHE AND MEDICARE COST REPORTS
Volume 21.05 We previously reported regarding the impact of the COVID-19 PHE and Medicare cost reports; however, based on numerous inquiries, we are pleased to provide the following information. Filing Deadlines – For cost reports covering periods through December 31, 2020, a sixty (60) day...
New Audit Requirements for Cares Act – Provider Relief Funds
Volume 21.04 The financial assistance received by many healthcare organizations in 2020 was not free of compliance requirements. As most of you know by now, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is requiring the recipients of payments in excess of $10,000 to report back to HHS and the...
Home Health News
EXPECT SEQUESTRATION MORATORIUM TO BE EXTENDED
Volume 21.01 Yesterday, the Senate passed legislation to extend the two percent (2%) moratorium on sequestration from Medicare payments until December 31, 2021. The House will not be in session until mid-April, at which time it will be voted on by the House. The current moratorium expires at...
REVISED HOME HEALTH AGENCY COST REPORT RELEASED (FORM 1728-20)
Volume 20.07 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has released the revised Home Health Agency Cost Report, Form CMS-1728-20. The updated Cost Report will be effective for cost reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2020 and ending on or after December 31, 2020....
CMS TO RESUME “REVIEW CHOICE DEMONSTRATION”
Volume 20.06 Effective March 29, 2020, certain claims processing for the Review Choice Demonstration (“RCD”) for Home Health Services were paused in Illinois, Ohio, and Texas, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pause, home health claims submitted on or after March 29, 2020, were not to...