Hospice Training Services
Schuerman Business Consulting LLC will be exhibiting at the 2018Texas New Mexico Hospice Organization Conference in San Antonio Texas. Stop by our booth and drop in a card to “Win a Hospice Helper Wheel” and discuss how SBC can help your agency manage your NOE’s and billing.
https://www.txnmhospice.org/docs/2018TXNMHospiceConvention_FINALBrochure.pdf
Jill Schuerman, Founder and CEO of Schuerman Business Consulting, LLC. will be presenting TNMHO 2018 Annual Meeting on March 2-5th in San Antonio, Texas. The presentation is titled “Hospice Billing-Getting the Best Start to Your Medicare Collections”.
Learn to use the HIQA/HIQH to look for hospice eligibility, benefit period information for
Certifications, and episodes of care information for the new tiered payment system. Know the difference between a Medicare Replacement HMO and an insurance that creates a potential MSP situation. Investigate the requirements for submitting the Notice of Election, Notice of Change, and when Notice of Termination/Revocations is needed. There are times you can get an exception to the 5 day NOE rule, so learn when you can and how to bill for that exception.
Jill Schuerman has over 13 years Hospice Billing experience. This includes over 5 years as a Central Billing Office Director handling 17 providers, up to 1500 patients in 6 states.
Schuerman Business Consulting, LLC.
PO Box 831176
Richardson,TX 75083-1176
469-931-8151
https://www.txnmhospice.org/docs/2018TXNMHospiceConvention_FINALBrochure.pdf
The freeze date for Hospice Item Set (HIS) data that will be included in quality measure calculations for the February 2018 Hospice Compare refresh is November 15. The February refresh will include HIS data from the second quarter of 2016 to the first quarter of 2017. All HIS records, including modifications/corrections and inactivation’s, need to be accepted by the Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (QIES) Assessment Submission and Processing (ASAP) system by 11:59 pm ET on November 15 to be reflected in Hospice Provider Preview Reports available on December 1.
For more information about the freeze date, preview reports, and key public reporting dates, see the Hospice Quality Public Reporting webpage.
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Palmetto GBA A/B MAC will be performing pre-payment service-specific probe medical review on Hospice claims for Routine Home Care Services, provided in Patient’s Home Q5001, Assisted Living Facility Q5002, LT/Non-Skilled Nursing Facility Q5003, and Skilled Nursing Facility Q5004. Providers who receive an Additional Documentation Request (ADR) must submit the requested medical record information within 45 days of the date listed on the ADR using one of the methods listed in this article.
Applies to:
JM Home Health and Hospice//General