by admin | Jan 25, 2021 | Home Health Care and Hospice Billing
Home healthcare and hospice agencies have utilized Medicare’s Request for Anticipated Payment (RAP) mechanism to maintain adequate cash flow. However, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to phase out the RAP mechanism under the new...
by admin | Jan 20, 2021 | Accounting For Home Health and Hospice, Home Health Care and Hospice Billing
Home healthcare and hospice agencies have utilized Medicare’s Request for Anticipated Payment (RAP) mechanism to maintain adequate cash flow. However, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to phase out the RAP mechanism under the new...
by admin | Jan 14, 2021 | Home Health Care and Hospice Billing
Home healthcare providers are bracing for the switch to the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) in January, 2020. Meanwhile, the switch to the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) by rehab centers and nursing homes occurred in October, 2019. These are both...
by admin | Jan 10, 2021 | Home Health Care and Hospice Billing
The classification of clients into a Home Health Resource Group (HHRG) is undergoing a change under Medicare’s new Home Health Agency-focused payment model. This new model changes the current case-mix payment system into one expanded to 432 possible case-mix...
by admin | Jan 5, 2021 | Accounting For Home Health and Hospice
Medicare enrollees are the “bulk” of most Home Health Agency (HHA) client pools. However, the complexity of obtaining reimbursement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has increased hugely due to one particular payment model change. The...
