Tag: Compliance

Compliance risks are escalating for behavioral health providers in 2024. Here’s why..By J’NON GRIFFIN RN, MHA, HCS-D, HCS-H, HCS-C, HCS-O, COS-CSr. Vice President of Compliance & CodingIf you’ve been paying attention, you’ve noticed more than a few signs...

Rapid growth and high-profile press highlight need for hospice compliance.By Kim Skehan, RN, MSN, HCS-D, COS-CDirector, Compliance, Regulatory & Quality With the season for sleigh bells and street corner bell ringers underway, hospice advocates are...

Under OCR scrutiny? RSVPing with RSPs may help.Recent changes require policy edits, staff training  Q. When is an RSVP, the French initialism meaning “respond, please,” more than proper etiquette? A. When the...

Supreme Court turns away 10-state challenge to vaccine mandate.A legal challenge to the COVID-19 health care worker vaccination mandate by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will not be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. On...

HQRP measures continue through FY2023.By Maureen Kelleher, RN, MBA SimiTree Senior Manager The FY2022 Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) contains four quality measures that capture care across the hospice stay.

COVID-19 Public Health Emergency renewed.The nation’s COVID-19 Public Health Emergency has been extended through the remainder of 2022 and into January 2023, and COVID-19 waivers and flexibilities will remain intact for...

OIG intensifies compliance focus.Medicare fraud and abuse investigations are on the rise, with SimiTree compliance and regulatory team reporting increased numbers of payment related audits and investigations, and...

CMS clarifies timeline for phasing out F2F telehealth allowances.Corrected guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) may clear up confusion among home health and hospice providers regarding the continuing use of...