[10/11/11]
Posted on October 11, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
As previously discussed, hospice providers are required to have a hospice physician or nurse practitioner perform a face-to-face encounter with each hospice patient whose total length of stay is anticipated to reach the third benefit period. This encounter must be performed no more than thirty days prior to the third benefit period recertification, and... READ MORE
Tags: benefit, bufford, certification, cms, discharge, Election, eligibility, encounter, face to face, face-to-face encounter, Hospice, jent, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, Medicare, re-admit, recertiication, selby
[07/29/11]
Posted on July 29, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) increased fiscal year (FY) 2012 Medicare payments by 2.5% for hospice providers in a final regulation released July 29. Also included in the final regulation are requirements for hospice providers to start collecting quality of care data and changes to the way CMS counts hospice patients... READ MORE
Tags: ACA, accountable care, beneficiary, bufford, cap, cap accounting, cms, current method, days of care, elect, encounter, face to face, fiscal year, fy, fy 2011, fy 2012, fy 2014, Hospice, hospice cap, increase, jent, long term care, market basket, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, Medicare, october, payment, PPACA, qapi, quality assessment and performance improvement, rectification narrative, reduction, selby, terminal illness, two-percentage point, wage index
[07/01/11]
Posted on July 1, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Selby, Todd J.
In response to the changes contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) designed to address increasing lengths of stay in hospice programs, CMS added a “face-to-face encounter” requirement to the hospice certification requirements. Effective January 1, 2011, a hospice physician or nurse practitioner must have a “face-to-face” encounter with each hospice... READ MORE
Tags: ACA, bufford, cms, face to face, face-to-face encounter, Hospice, jent, long term care, medical necessity, patient, physcian, PPACA, recertification, selby
