Ohio agencies have chosen and RCD begins on September 30. Find out more about what this means for the future of home health agencies in Ohio. QIRT expert weighs in.
Ohio has Made Its RCD Choices (Sort of)
PDGM Workgroup, Including QIRT Executives, Submit an Advisory Letter to CMS
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.
The Consistency of TPE Failure Rates
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.
RCD: The Choices Made
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 →
RCD and UPICs – Part 2
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 →
RCD and UPICs
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.
No April’s Fool: RCD is Back
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.
Plan of Care (PoC) Content Requirements: Something New is Old Again
Is the new Plan of Care (POC) Requirement reason for alarm? QIRT explains what's actually new and what to do about it.
Backlog to the Future? Part 3
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.
Backlog to the Future? Part 2
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 →