Aug 22, 2022 | Hospice News
Volume 22.15 FY 2023 hospice payment rates, effective October 1, 2023, have been set. Routine home care rates are as follows, before any wage index adjustment based on the location of the patient: FY 2023 Hospice RHC Payment Rates Code Description ...
Aug 11, 2022 | Healthcare News
Volume 22.08 The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) has the authority to exclude individuals and entities from Federally funded health care programs pursuant to section 1128 of the Social Security Act (“Act”) (and from Medicare and State health care...
Aug 9, 2022 | Healthcare News
Volume 22.07 Medicare providers are required to revalidate information contained in the Medicare enrollment records on a periodic basis to ensure all information on file is accurate and compliant with Medicare regulations. Revalidation was paused because of the...
Aug 5, 2022 | Hospice News
Volume 22.14 Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the way Medicare payments and sequestration was being handled when a hospice exceeds the hospice CAP was appropriate. The Health Group, LLC has previously reported that the...
Jul 29, 2022 | Hospice News
Volume 22.13 The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has released the final rule updating the Medicare hospice payment rates and aggregate CAP amount for FY 2023, which begins on October 1, 2022. The FY 2023 hospice payment update percentage is...
