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Important Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) Updates

CMS and Swingtech posted an important HQRP update for all hospice providers. Please click here to access the complete update, and see the most critical information below: Hospice Calendar Year …

Hospice Billing / Hospice Today

CMS Releases the 2023 Hospice Proposed Rule

CMS has released the 2023 Hospice Payment Rate Update Proposed Rule. Please see the full announcement from CMS, reproduced below for more details. The proposed rule includes a 2.7% payment …

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Hospice Providers: Remember to File Your Self-Determined Cap by February 28th!

All hospices are required to file their self-determined cap each year, between December 31 and February 28. The 2021 Self-Determined Caps are due no later than February 28, 2022. If …

Hospice Billing / Hospice Today

Important Updates on the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP)

Swingtech sends informational messages to hospices related to the Quality Reporting Program (QRP) on a quarterly basis. Their latest outreach communication can be found by clicking here. Please see a …

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More MAOs Than Ever Are Offering Hospice Services Under Medicare Advantage / VBID

CMS has announced the Calendar Year (CY) 2022 participants in the Medicare Advantage (MA) Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model.  There is a more than two-fold increase in the number of …

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The 2022 Hospice Payment Rate Update Final Rule

On July 29, 2021, CMS issued a final rule (CMS-1754-F) that updates Medicare hospice payments and the aggregate cap amount for FY 2022. This rule rebases the hospice labor shares …

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Important Changes in the Hospice Item Set (HIS) Manual V3.00!

CMS has shared a new presentation that covers all the changes in the new Hospice Item Set (HIS) Manual. Click here to download the slides from the presentation, and continue …

Hospice Billing / Hospice Today

The 2022 Hospice Payment Proposed Rule from CMS

Spring is in the air! That means t-shirts, flowers, and everyone’s favorite: new rules from CMS! Let’s take a look at the 2022 Hospice Payment Rate Proposed Rule. There’s good …

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Hospice Providers: November 2020 Care Compare Quarterly Refresh is Available Now

The November 2020 quarterly refresh for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program is now available on Care Compare. Care Compare is the recently launched, streamlined redesign of eight existing CMS healthcare compare …

Home Health Today / Hospice Today / Medical Billing & Collections / Skilled Nursing

CMS will retire the original Compare Tools Websites on December 1st.

From CMS: “In early September, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Care Compare on Medicare.gov, which streamlines our eight original health care compare tools.  Since then, you’ve …

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