The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Home Health CY 2024 Final Rule on 11/1/2023. The rule updated Medicare payment rates and made changes to the Quality Reporting Program, Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model, Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG), DME benefit, and Disposable Negative Pressure Wound Therapy. The national standardized 30-day period payment amount will increase from $2010.69 in 2023 to $2038.13 in 2024. While this increase is minimal, it is more than init...
Hospice providers should be aware that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) did not delay the implementation date for the hospice election statement modifications and addendum requirements from the FY2021 final rule. The start date for this change is October 1, 2020. For current HealthCare ConsultLink (HCL) Online Hospice Manual subscribers, the revised election statement and addendum were made available during the most recent hospice manual update which was publ...
As you are aware during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), governmental regulatory changes have been occurring at a rapid pace. HealthCare ConsultLink (HCL) has been hard at work reviewing our COVID-19 policies and tools. The below are necessary updates to some of these COVID-19 related policies and tools, and are being provided for your convenience. Additionally, these will be posted on the HCL Resources webpage, and incorporated into the online policy and procedure ...
Hospice Election Statement Addendum The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided links to the Model Hospice Election Statement – Modified July 2020 and the Model Hospice Election Statement Addendum – Modified July 2020 to further assist with understanding the content requirements for the hospice election statement and addendum, which are effective October 1, 2020. These requirements reflect the changes finalized in the FY 2020 Hospice Wage Index and Payment...