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Our Services
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
CMS FINALIZES HOME HEALTH RULES – HOSPICES SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED
Volume 23.22 Yesterday, CMS finalized the Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update which includes many provisions impacting hospices. The following provider enrollment regulations were finalized: § 424.502 Definitions. Revises the definition of managing employee to include Hospice and...
USE OF VOLUNTEERS
Volume 23.21 CMS waived the requirement for hospices to use volunteers (42 CFR §418.78(e)) during the Public Health Emergency (“PHE”); however, the requirement is again effective January 1, 2024. Many hospices had difficulty complying with this requirement even before the PHE. Hospices need to...
CONSIDERING PIP REIMBURSEMENT FOR HOSPICES
Volume 23.20 Most healthcare providers are not eligible for Periodic Interim Payment (“PIP”) reimbursement; however, hospices are eligible. The beginning of a hospice’s fiscal year is the perfect time to request PIP reimbursement in lieu of being reimbursed as claims are processed. Many hospices...
Healthcare News
CMS RELEASES MEDICARE ENROLLMENT APPLICATION FEE FOR 2024
Volume 23.08 CMS has announced a $709 calendar year application fee for providers that are: Initially enrolling in the Medicare program, Medicaid program, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (“CHIP”), Revalidating their Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP enrollment, or Adding a new Medicare...
CMS MOVES ON ADDITIONAL OWNERSHIP DISCLOSURES FOR NURSING FACILITIES
Volume 23.07 On November 15, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) placed on display at the Federal Register a Final Rule that will implement portions of section 6101 of the Affordable Care Act, requiring the disclosure of certain ownership, managerial, and other information...
MEDICARE ENROLLMENT PROVISIONS INCLUDED IN PHYSICIAN FEE RULE FINALIZED
Volume 23.06 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has finalized the CY 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule. Many enrollment-related provisions were included in the proposed rule. The Health Group, LLC discussed the proposed rule at its Hospice Financial and Administrative...
Home Health News
Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System Final Rule
On November 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update final rule, which updates Medicare payment policies and rates for Home Health Agencies (HHAs). The final rule covers a variety...
JUDGE ORDERS STATE TO PROVIDE PRIVATE DUTY NURSING CARE
Volume 23.07 The following was reprinted with permission of Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. On July 14, 2023, a Judge issued an opinion and order, in which he said that the State of Florida must provide services, including private duty nursing care, to medically fragile children who are living in nursing...
NAHC ANNOUNCES LAWSUIT AGAINST CMS REGARDING HOME HEALTH PAYMENT RATES
Volume 23.06 On July 6, 2023, The National Association for Home Care and Hospice (“NAHC”) announced that it has filed a lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) which challenges the manner that CMS has reduced home health payment rates based on the payment rate...