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Hospice Billing Compliance: The Latest PEPPER Updates

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The provider-specific PEPPER analyzes Medicare data and statistics from discharges and services compared with every hospice nationwide. PEPPER provides each hospice organization’s paid Medicare claims for the last three fiscal years. Jurisdictional or Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC). PEPPER Target Areas.

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Grow Your Own Home Health Aides To Capture New Business

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Many older people naturally want to stay in their homes and close to their families for as long as possible. Now they are hoping to reduce their risk of infection from COVID-19 and get more consistent care in their homes. We don’t have the number of employees that it currently takes to meet the care needs of the market.”.

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CMS 2023 Home Health Final Rule: What Agencies Need To Know

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The 2023 Home Health Final Payment Rule , which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released in October, increases Medicare payments for home health agencies by 0.7%, or $125 million, compared to 2022. Starting in 2027, home health agencies will be required to submit OASIS data for all patients.

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Home Health Agencies Face Financial Burden of Proposed CMS Payment Cut

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposes a decrease in Medicare reimbursement for home health agencies by 4.2% The act mandates a six-year monitoring period for the Patient-Driven Groupings Model ( PDGM), the home health payment model implemented for Medicare in 2020.

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Importance of Image and Respect for Home Health Recruitment and Retention

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The increased pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic has presented never-before-seen growth opportunities for home health agencies and their workforce, as Bill Dombi, President of the National Association of Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), noted in a December 2021 webinar titled The State of Home Health.

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Home Health Agencies Face Growing Competition as Value-Based Purchasing Expands Nationally

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With the successes reaped during the pilot of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) aims to accelerate the results nationwide. The program started in 2016 as a pilot to determine the impact of financial incentives on home health agencies in nine states.

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Future-Proof Your Workforce: Post-Acute Care Reskilling and Upskilling

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For example, reskilling clinicians to handle home health specializations such as wound care, respiratory therapy, dementia, or diabetes have benefits that add up. We recommend a well-designed training program for post-acute care education and skills development. Create Reskilling and Upskilling Programs.

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