Hospice Notice of Election / Direct Data Entry Perils
In October 2014, Medicare adopted new policy (not a statute, not a regulation) requiring hospices to submit any notice of…
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Hospice Payment Changes Take Effect
With the advent of the 2016 (Happy New Year!), hospices now face the revised hospice payment system. Specifically, Medicare will…
Hospice Cap Sequestration Update
In March 2015, CMS instructed its contractors to add sequestered funds, amounts never paid to providers, to revenue for purposes of…
MACs Issue FY 2013 Hospice Cap Demands With Sequestration; Group Appeal Now Open
Hospices in the Palmetto regions have begun receiving FY 2013 cap demands that include sequestration (money never paid to the…
Hospices To Self-Report Cap Without Sequestration; MACs To Capture Sequestration Later
This week, the Medicare Administrative Contractors issued instructions for hospices to self-report FY 2014 hospice cap (reports due this month, March…
Attending Physician Documentation Changes Increase Audit Risk
On October 1, 2014, CMS revised its attending physician requirements, setting another potential trap for the unwary. 42 C.F.R. 418.24…
CMS Plans To Add Sequestration Dollars To Hospice Cap
November 17, 2014 | Hospice Law By Brian Daucher In the sad history of CMS accounting games, this marks a new low….
New CMS Hospice Item Set Reporting Invades Privacy Rights
For admissions on and after July 1, 2014, CMS will require hospices to file detailed reports (link) for every patient…
CMS Proposes: Calculate Your Own Cap (CYOC)
In its May 2014 publication of the 2015 Hospice Wage Index update, CMS proposes that hospices be required to calculate,…