The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) submitted comments on the FY2021 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Update Proposed Rule. The letter outlines its request that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) delay the implementation of the election statement content modifications and addendum for at least one full year beyond the end date of the COVID-19 PHE. Key reasons for the need to delay are as follows: Impact of COVID-19 Lack of guida...

The following item is of great importance to Home Health, Hospice, and PAS agencies: On July 20th, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) issued provider letter PL 2020-35, Screening for COVID-19 and Documentation of Screening. The Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice (TAHCH) is awaiting feedback from HHSC regarding the requirements addressed in the provider letter because of confusion relating to specific items outlined in it. For more details, HHSC has posted a...

The following items are of great importance to Medicare Home Health agencies: CMS Notice for Resumption of Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) Activities — Review activities are of great importance to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) program integrity efforts; therefore, CMS announced July 7th that RCD wil...