Quality Reporting Programs, Payment Update Rules Covered by CMS Open Door Forum

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  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held a Home Health, Hospice, & DME Open Door Forum on August 26, 2021.  A summary of the contents for home health and hospice is below. We begin with hospice. HOSPICE CMS shared some of the FY2022 Hospice Payment Policy final rule provisions.  A detailed summary […]

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Tell Us What You Think of the FY2022 Proposed Hospice Changes

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Separate Surveys Allow for Input on Proposed Quality Changes, Election Statement Addendum and CoP Proposals, and Payment/Utilization Trend The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its FY2022 proposed hospice payment rule in mid-April.  Among its items the rule proposes numerous changes for hospice quality measures, a significant change to the “labor shares” of […]

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Hospice Visits in Last Days of Life Measure Clarified

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) has re-specified the Hospice Visits When Death is Imminent (HVWDII) measure. The re-specified measure, Hospice Visits in Last Days of Life (HVLDL), and was announced by CMS via the report Hospice Visits When Death is Imminent: Measure Validity Testing Summary and Re-Specifications (posted in September, 2020). HVLDL is a […]

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CMS will retire the original Compare Tools on December 1st

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CMS will retire the original Compare Tools on December 1st. Use Medicare.gov’s Care Compare to find and compare health care providers. In early September, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Care Compare on Medicare.gov, to streamline the eight original health care compare tools. Since then, you’ve had the opportunity to use and familiarize yourself […]

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CMS Open Door Forum Updates Home Health & Hospice

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held a Home Health, Hospice and Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Open Door Forum (ODF) on November 4 where CMS reviewed information and resources it has recently released.  A summary is below. HOME HEALTH CMS provided a high level overview of the provisions of the CY2021 Home Health […]

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CMS Redesigns Provider COMPARE Websites

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched Care Compare on September 3, a streamlined redesign of eight existing CMS healthcare compare tools available on Medicare.gov. The eight separate tools, including Hospice Compare and Home Health Compare, are now consolidated into one site — Care Compare — which provides a single user-friendly interface that patients […]

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