Updates In Home Care, Hospice, and All Things Post-Acute
PDGM Workgroup, including QIRT executives, submitted an Advisory Letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). In a reply email on June 14, CMS expressed gratitude to the Workgroup for bringing their concerns to CMS' attention.
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Home health agencies undergoing TPE reviews continue to fail at impressive rates for the same reasons as previous reviews. Let's talk about the consistency of TPE failure rates and how they link to RCD, PDGM, and more.
The CMS Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) begins June 1st, and our experts dive into RCD: the choices made during the selection period. Now that the CMS Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) project has arrived in Illinois, Palmetto GBA posted an item of interest that shows the breakdown of home health agency selections. Here are the posted... Continue Reading →
QIRT's PDGM Fit List Tip #1: Make Technology Work For You, Not Against You. PDGM relies on accurate data. RCM has never been more important. QIRT can help.
QIRT Alerts' April 9th blog posed questions about the relationship between RCD and UPICs. QIRT experts asked: what happens when you have a Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) project and are under the Unified Program Integrity Contractor (UPIC) reviews? And we followed that with many more questions. Since then, "The Review Choice Demonstration HH Team" provided... Continue Reading →
Last week, CMS updated its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the pending Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) project. Some of these merit additional scrutiny and comment since the selection window (via Palmetto GBA’s eServices portal) has started for Illinois home care agencies. Taken from the “Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) for Home Health Services Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)”, updated 4/18/19.... Continue Reading →
Last week, CMS updated its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the pending Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) project. Some of these merit additional scrutiny and comment since the selection window (via Palmetto GBA’s eServices portal) has started for Illinois agencies. From the “Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) for Home Health Services Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)”, updated 4/18/19: Question... Continue Reading →
What about UPICs? RCD starts in IL on 6/1. QIRT has some questions on how this may affect other medical review activity that is occurring in an RCD state.