Hospice News
MAY 28, 2025
A bill currently before Congress seeks to overhaul aspects of the Medicare Advantage program. recently introduced the Medicare Advantage Reform Act. 3467, would make wholesale changes to the Medicare Advantage (MA). Hospice is currently carved out of Medicare Advantage. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) Beginning Jan.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to fraud allegations that have resulted in licensure and billing privilege revocation. court documents stated. District Court for the Central Division of California to allow for continued Medicare licensure until the fraud dispute is resolved through the U.S.
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Hospice News
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a memo to accreditation bodies and state agencies advising surveyors to watch out for potential hospice fraud. CMS said that reviewing certain documents and information that identify key managers, services and locations is “essential.”
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Auditors are raising new questions around two common issues in hospices Medicare claims documentation supporting patient eligibility and the physician narrative. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), he indicated. For the physician, they need to understand the perspective of who they are documenting for.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Medicare fee-for-service programs made $31.23 of improper payments from Medicare in 2023, down from 12% in 2022, according to a new report from the U.S. The leading cause of these payments were inaccurate or incomplete documentation. The post Medicare Making Fewer Improper Payments to Hospices appeared first on Hospice News.
Hospice News
MAY 7, 2025
A great deal of time, effort and education goes into understanding clinical documentation requirements and hospice regulations, he indicated. Nurses receive ongoing training around the compliance standards and ways to ensure solid documentation. What were noticing right now is documentation and regulatory burden, Cox told Hospice News.
Hospice News
JANUARY 30, 2025
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulatory oversight approach could potentially put some new hospices out of business, according to Bryan Nowicki, partner at the law firm Husch Blackwell. The risks include potential revocation of Medicare privileges and licensure and termination of the hospices provider number.
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