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CMS Provides Quality Reporting and Other Updates in Most Recent Open Door Forum

This article covers only the hospice portion of the most recent CMS Open Door Forum. To read about the home health portion, please see this NAHC Report article. During the most recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Home Health, Hospice, and DME (Durable Medicare Equipment) Open Door Forum (ODF), the following information and […]
Read MoreCMS Provides Quality Reporting and Other Updates in Most Recent Open Door Forum

During the most recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Home Health, Hospice, and DME (Durable Medicare Equipment) Open Door Forum (ODF), the following information and updates were provided. HOME HEALTH Home Health Claims Processing Issues Notice of Admission CMS officials reported on a claims processing issue where the NOA is returning to providers […]
Read MoreCMS Updated Quality Reporting in the Open Door Forum

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provided some important quality updates in the Tuesday, December 14 Home Health, Hospice, and DME (Durable Medicare Equipment) Open Door Forum (ODF). What follows is a detailed summary of those updates from a NAHC staffer who monitored the call. HOME HEALTH QUALITY REPORTING PROGRAM UPDATES The reconsideration […]
Read MoreQuality Reporting Programs, Payment Update Rules Covered by CMS Open Door Forum

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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