Archives: 2025, February
Reviewing Significant Changes to the CAHPS Hospice Survey Set to Take Effect on April 1
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: February 25, 2025Major updates to the CAHPS Hospice survey, which were outlined in the Hospice Final Rule released August 2024, will take effect April 1, 2025. Related documents for the CAHPS survey changes are dated online January 2025. It’s essential to confirm that your CAHPS vendor is ready to implement the new processes and forms by April 1.
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Clarifying Uncertainty Surrounding the Timely Initiation of Care Outcome Measure
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: February 17, 2025A long-established outcome measure for home health, the Timely Initiation of Care Outcome Measure, seems to have some uncertainty surrounding it that we’d like to clear up. The Timely Initiation of Care Outcome Measure is determined using the dates recorded in the OASIS document.
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Understanding the Increased Focus on Teaching Episodes and What Medical Reviewers are Looking for in the Documentation
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: February 10, 2025Recently, audits like Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE), UPIC, SMRC, and RAC have become more frequent, especially since the start of the year. A notable area of focus for home health agencies that wasn’t heavily scrutinized in the past is teaching episodes.
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Self-Reporting your Hospice Aggregate Cap: Reviewing the Details
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: February 3, 2025We have approached the time of the year to address the self-reporting of your Hospice aggregate CAP. For this year, the aggregate CAP must be submitted by February 28, 2025, and will cover the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2024.
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