Updates In Home Care, Hospice, and All Things Post-Acute
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 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 →
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.
CMS announced yesterday that the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) project will begin in Illinois on June 1, 2019. Prepare now with QIRT's support choices: Readiness Audits, Complete Guides, and a Team of Experts.
Is the new Plan of Care (POC) Requirement reason for alarm? QIRT explains what's actually new and what to do about it.
Home care agencies who have received additional development requests (ADRs) are experiencing an ever-increasing ALJ backlog. The following is the final part of a 3-part series on the current state of ADRs and the ALJ backlog.
Home care agencies who have received additional development requests (ADRs) are experiencing an ever-increasing ALJ backlog. The following is part 2 of a 3-part series on the current state of ADRs and the ALJ backlog. Find Part One here. As we mentioned last week, a federal judge ruled that OMHA must seek to reduce the ALJ backlog... Continue Reading →
Home care agencies who have received additional development requests are experiencing an ever-increasing ALJ backlog. An additional development request (ADR) is generated to request documentation from a provider to assist with adjudicating a Medicare claim. Since 2010, the number of claims awaiting an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) hearing has steadily climbed, along with the wait time for... Continue Reading →