Important Calls for Home Health
Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum – Wed., Jan. 16, 2019, 2 to 3 p.m. ET
The next Home Health, Hospice & Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Open Door Forum is scheduled for Wed., Jan. 16, 2019 from 2 to 3 p.m. ET. The agenda is as follows:
- Home Health Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) MLN Call Announcement
- Review Choice Demonstration for Home Health Services
- Hospice CAHPS Announcements
- HHCAHPS Annual Training
- Change Request 11049 – Ensuring Only the Active Billing Hospice Can Submit a Revocation
- Updates and Announcements from the Home Health Quality Reporting Program
- Open Q and A
For instructions on how to participate in the call, click here.
Home Health PDGM Call – Tues., Feb. 12, 2019
The Medicare Learning Network (MLN) is holding a call on Tues., Feb. 12, 2019 on the Home Health PDGM, which will be implemented on Jan. 1, 2020. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will use the PDGM to reimburse home health agencies for providing home health services under Medicare Fee-For-Service. Topics include:
- Overview of PDGM model
- Walkthrough of payment adjustments, including low utilization payment adjustments, partial payment adjustments, and outliers payments
A question and answer session will follow the presentation. For more information, visit the Home Health PPS webpage and review the CY 2019 HH PPS final rule and CMS' Overview of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model.
To register for the call, click here.
Contact: Meg Carr Everett, meverett@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8871