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MAY 6, 2022

The Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report, or PEPPER, contains valuable information to help your hospice organization identify billing issues and prevent improper payment audits. The provider-specific PEPPER analyzes Medicare data and statistics from discharges and services compared with every hospice nationwide.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

Improved care quality and patient safety, reduced readmissions and ER visits, and lower healthcare costs are just some of the positive outcomes of effective care coordination. Though the benefits are clear, many home health and hospice agencies struggle to optimize coordination. Increased scrutiny in hospices.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The 2023 Home Health Final Payment Rule , which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released in October, increases Medicare payments for home health agencies by 0.7%, or $125 million, compared to 2022. Starting in 2027, home health agencies will be required to submit OASIS data for all patients.

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Medicare Medicaid Telehealth Hospice 52

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AUGUST 15, 2022

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposes a decrease in Medicare reimbursement for home health agencies by 4.2% The act mandates a six-year monitoring period for the Patient-Driven Groupings Model ( PDGM), the home health payment model implemented for Medicare in 2020.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

Many older people naturally want to stay in their homes and close to their families for as long as possible. Now they are hoping to reduce their risk of infection from COVID-19 and get more consistent care in their homes. We don’t have the number of employees that it currently takes to meet the care needs of the market.”.

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Healthcare Medicare Administration Hospice 96

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

The increased pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic has presented never-before-seen growth opportunities for home health agencies and their workforce, as Bill Dombi, President of the National Association of Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), noted in a December 2021 webinar titled The State of Home Health.

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Home Care Healthcare Medicare Medicaid 52

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JULY 12, 2022

The speed of change in healthcare requires post-acute care organizations to take a different approach to job preparedness. Leaders in assisted living, skilled nursing, home health, rehab therapy, wound care, and hospice know you can’t hire all the skills your organization will need tomorrow and in the future.

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Healthcare Hospice Nursing Home Medicare 52