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The Health Group, LLC provides an extensive array of financial and consulting services to its clients. We approach each client and each client service as unique based on the skillsets of the client’s personnel to ensure client needs are met.
Education
The Health Group, LLC provides live educational conferences and webinars on healthcare financial and compliance issues of importance. Registrations are now being accepted for the 2021 Hospice Financial Management Academy scheduled for September 13-14, 2021.
Hospice News
HOSPICE SPECIAL FOCUS PROGRAM PROPOSAL EXPECTED THIS SUMMER
Volume 23.09 The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2021 authorized the Secretary of Health & Human Services to create a Special Focus Program (SFP) which aims to address issues that place hospice beneficiaries at risk for poor quality of care through increased oversight and/or technical...
HOSPICE PROGRAM INTEGRITY – FIRST AND FOREMOST IN THE MIND OF CMS
Volume 23.08 The 2024 Proposed Hospice Rule is only one indicator of the increased focus by CMS and federal legislators on hospice program integrity. CMS, in the 2024 Proposed Rule, has reported significant information regarding hospice utilization trends and other data signaling potentially...
HOSPICE OWNERSHIP INFORMATION AVAILABLE
Volume 23.07 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) is releasing information on the ownership of over 6,000 hospices and 11,0000 home health agencies certified to participate in the Medicare program on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) website. DHHS is...
Healthcare News
CMS UPDATES MEDICARE ENROLLMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Volume 22.12 Effective December 5, 2022, certain modifications have been made to Chapter 10 of the Medicare Program Integrity Manual dealing primarily with “Ownership Disclosures”, “Electronic Funds Transfers”, and “Special Payment Addresses”. MM12880 - Provider Enrollment Instructions: Seventh...
OIG REPORTS ON PROVIDER RELIEF FUND REQUIREMENT IMPROVEMENTS
Volume 22.11 In September 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released a report entitled “HHS’s and HRSA’s Controls Related to Selected Provider Relief Fund Program Requirements Could Be Improved” (“Report”). The OIG’s objective was to determine...
MAJOR REVISIONS MADE TO HOME OFFICE COST REPORT
Volume 22.10 The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released Home Office Cost Statement, Form CMS-287-22 (“Home Office Cost Report”). R1P248i | CMS The new Home Office Cost Report (CMS-287-22) is effective for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2022, and...
Home Health News
MEDPAC RECOMMENDS SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION TO HOME HEALTH PAYMENTS
Volume 23.04 MedPAC’s March 2023 Report to Congress included the following recommendation: “Our review of payment adequacy for Medicare home health services indicates that access is more than adequate in most areas and that Medicare payments are substantially in excess of costs. Home health care...
NAHC and NHPCO Exploring Collaboration Opportunities
Volume 23.03 The Health Group, LLC has been a member of both the National Association for Home Care & Hospice and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization for many years. We are pleased to reprint the public news release issued by both organizations. We see benefits to members...
HOME HEALTH AGENCIES – END OF THE COVID-19 PHE
Volume 23.02 CMS used emergency waiver authorities and other regulatory processes to better enable providers to rapidly respond to individuals impacted by COVID-19. Currently, CMS is: Assessing the need for continuing certain blanket waivers based on current conditions and the planned end to the...