Archives: 2021, March
Accelerated and Advance Payment Recoupment to Begin (VIDEO)
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: March 29, 2021Welcome to Monday Minute with Melinda! This video clip will recap the process of Medicare recouping the Accelerated and Advance Payments from 2020. Make sure to stay tuned!
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Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model: Medicare Advantage – Hospice Carve-in
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: March 24, 2021Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model was developed for CMS to test a broad array of Medicare Advantage (MA) health plan innovations designed to reduce Medicare program expenditures, enhance the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries, and improve the coordination and efficiency of health care service delivery. The goal is for the VBID Model to contribute to the modernization of MA and test whether these model components improve health outcomes and lower expenditures for MA enrollees.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Administration (VIDEO)
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: March 22, 2021Welcome to Monday Minute with Melinda! This week’s video clip will discuss the billing and reimbursement for COVID-19 Vaccine Administration. Make sure to stay tuned!
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OIG Conducting Audit on Telehealth (VIDEO)
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: March 15, 2021Welcome to Monday Minute with Melinda! This video clip will recap some of the documentation requirements for telehealth and the OIG audit to take place. Make sure to stay tuned!
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Revisions to Infection Control and Practices during COVID-19 PHE
By HPS Blog Team / Posted on: March 10, 2021The Center for Clinical Standards and Quality/Quality, Safety & Oversight Group released a QSO-21-08-NLTC (Non Long Term Care) on December 30, 2020 to State Survey Agency Directors. This QSO revised the COVID-19 Focused Infection Control (FIC) Survey Tool for Acute and Continuing Care, of which home health and hospice are a part.
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Hospice ADRs on the Rise! (VIDEO)
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: March 8, 2021Welcome to Monday Minute with Melinda! This week’s video clip will provide some key elements of responding to Hospice ADRs. Monday Minute with Melinda gives agencies the opportunity to receive critical weekly video updates, Make sure to stay tuned!
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Exceptions for Late RAPs! (VIDEO)
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: March 1, 2021Welcome to Monday Minute with Melinda! This week’s video offers quick tips on ensuring that you are coding appropriately for requesting an exception to a late RAP in 2021. Monday Minute with Melinda gives agencies the opportunity to receive critical weekly video updates, Make sure to stay tuned!
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