“Five Days at Memorial,” a new series on Apple TV+, dramatizes events at Memorial Medical Care Center in New Orleans during and immediately after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. In the … Read More
Hummingbird Eliminates Step in Submitting Claims Through Commercial Carriers
Last week, Humana announced that it would begin Medicare Advantage Hospice Coverage in 5 trial markets. Humana is the latest of many commercial carriers who will now be accepting Medicare … Read More
What Hospice Billing Workflows Can Look Like In 2021
The hospice billing process, from managing NOEs and NOTRs to preparing, sending, and collecting Medicare reimbursements, can be complex and often involves a lot of moving pieces. In the past, … Read More
What Hospice Clinical Workflows Should Look Like in 2021
With a new year comes new goals, new challenges, and new aspirations. But for many hospice clinicians, patient care is still weighed down by old software. As we head into … Read More
Patient Culture in Hospice Care
The hospice and palliative care community has long been aware of the need to increase diversity in the patients and families it serves. This week, NHPCO released a Moments of … Read More
ICD-10 Codes Not Allowed For Primary Diagnosis
The Connecticut Behavioral Health Partnership has put together a list of ICD-10 codes that are not allowed to be used as primary diagnosis.
Hear From The Artist Who Donated His Time to Palliative Care – And Topped Reddit
On May 24th 2016, palliative care had an unexpected moment in the limelight when the users of the popular link-sharing site Reddit took a break from funny videos and memes to … Read More
HIPAA Updates Audit Protocol
The Phase 2 HIPAA Audit Program reviews the policies and procedures adopted and employed by covered entities and business associates to meet selected standards and implementation specifications of the Privacy, … Read More
The Joint Commission Announces New Certification for Palliative Care
The Joint Commission is offering a new Community-Based Palliative Care (CBPC) certification option for home health & hospices that will launch July 1, 2016. Community-Based Palliative Care (CBPC) Certification will recognize … Read More
CMS Issues Change Request 9575
CMS has issued CR-9575 – Making Principal Diagnosis Codes Mandatory for Notice of Elections to be Accepted. The implementation date for this change is October 3, 2016.