Skilled Nursing, Home Health & Hospice QRPs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced exceptions/extensions for upcoming quality measure reporting and data submission deadlines for many CMS... Read More
OIG Adds New Post-Acute Focused Items to Work Plan
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has added/updated three new items to its Work Plan that focus on Home Health Agencies... Read More
CMS releases FY2019 Mission & Priorities (MPD)
In a new Admin memo dated October 4, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its Fiscal Year 2019... Read More
Home Health Agency (HHA) Interpretive Guidelines Released
On August 31, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a QSO memo that includes the final HHA Interpretive... Read More
OIG: Insufficient home health & SNF claims documentation led to payment errors
A May 2016 Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report found that insufficient documentation was a serious cause of improper payments for... Read More
OIG releases FY 2016 Work Plan
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has released its FY2016 Work Plan, which includes several initiatives relevant to post-acute and long... Read More
CMS Compliance Group Long Term Care Industry News Recap (Week of 9/23/13)
It’s the end of another week – check out these healthcare industry news articles that you may have missed this week. If... Read More
CMSCG Weekly Healthcare News Recap (Week of July 29, 2013)
TGIF! Welcome to the first week in August . . . already. If you were out enjoying the summer weather or on... Read More
Long Term Care Industry News Recap (Week of November 5, 2012)
As many of us on the East Coast waited to get our power back and some warmth, we were hit by a... Read More