November 2004 Entries

Home Health Prospective Payment System; 2005 FY Rates Update in Federal Register

posted @ Tuesday, November 30, 2004 7:49 AM |

Florida Hospices and Palliative Care Annual Symposium

posted @ Tuesday, November 30, 2004 5:44 AM |

Who Are the Caregivers? Facts and Figures

posted @ Tuesday, November 30, 2004 5:41 AM |

Updated Instructions for Completion of Form CMS-1450

posted @ Tuesday, November 30, 2004 5:34 AM |

Congress Awards $200,000 to VNAA to Establish “Best Practices Clearinghouse”

posted @ Tuesday, November 30, 2004 4:42 AM |

Implementation of Coverage of Religious Nonmedical Health Care Institution (RNHCI) Items and Services Furnished in the Home

posted @ Monday, November 29, 2004 3:35 PM |

Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update for Calendar Year 2005 — Correction Notice

posted @ Monday, November 29, 2004 8:31 AM |

Fee Schedule Update for 2005 for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS)

posted @ Monday, November 29, 2004 8:21 AM |

HIPAA Security - Educational Papers

posted @ Wednesday, November 24, 2004 6:28 AM |

CMS HIPAA Security Roundtable Transcript

posted @ Wednesday, November 24, 2004 6:27 AM |

December Medicare A Newsline Now Available from Cahaba

posted @ Tuesday, November 23, 2004 5:05 PM |

Senior Citizens Ignore Need for Exercise and Health Diet

posted @ Tuesday, November 23, 2004 4:25 PM |

Calendar Year (CY) 2005 Home Health Prospective Payment (PPS) Rates

posted @ Tuesday, November 23, 2004 4:23 PM |

2004 International Telenursing Survey

posted @ Tuesday, November 23, 2004 3:41 PM |

Countdown to ICNP Version 1

posted @ Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:41 AM |

2005 Medicare Changes & Fact Sheet

posted @ Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:26 AM |

Survey Finds Slower Rise in Health-Insurance Costs

posted @ Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:22 AM |

Budgeters Ax ONCHIT funding

posted @ Tuesday, November 23, 2004 5:31 AM |

Medlearn Article on the Update to the Prospective Payment System for Home Health Agencies for Calendar Year 2005

posted @ Tuesday, November 23, 2004 4:46 AM |

State of the States in Family Caregiver Support: A 50-State Study

posted @ Monday, November 22, 2004 1:33 PM |

Alliance and NFCA Launch Awareness Campaign for Family Caregivers

posted @ Monday, November 22, 2004 1:21 PM |

Home Health Agency (HHA) Drop Sites

posted @ Monday, November 22, 2004 1:18 PM |

Application of the Home Health Agency (HHA) Conditions of Participation (CoPs) to Patients Receiving Chore Services Exclusively

posted @ Monday, November 22, 2004 1:14 PM |

RFI for the National Health Information Network

posted @ Monday, November 22, 2004 12:59 PM |

MMA - Medicare Program: Update to the Prospective Payment System (PPS) for Home Health Agencies for Calendar Year 2005

posted @ Monday, November 22, 2004 12:13 PM |

Updated Instructions for Completion of Form CMS-1450

posted @ Monday, November 22, 2004 12:02 PM |

Senate Passes High-Risk Pool Legislation

posted @ Monday, November 22, 2004 12:00 PM |

CMS Confirms Published Home Health Wage Index Table Is Incorrect

posted @ Wednesday, November 17, 2004 1:42 PM |

Gender Differences: Do Men and Women View Long-Term Care Differently?

posted @ Wednesday, November 17, 2004 1:40 PM |

CMS's HIPAA Round Table

posted @ Wednesday, November 17, 2004 1:19 PM |

Caring for Yourself as a Caregiver

posted @ Wednesday, November 17, 2004 10:34 AM |

The Center for Hospice and Palliative Care Inc. Noted for Care

posted @ Wednesday, November 17, 2004 7:26 AM |

Implementation of Coverage of Religious Nonmedical Health Care Institution Items and Services Furnished in the Home, MMA section 706

posted @ Tuesday, November 16, 2004 8:14 AM |

Update to the Prospective Payment System for Home Health Agencies for Calendar Year 2005

posted @ Tuesday, November 16, 2004 8:06 AM |

Inappropriate Access to or Use of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Transaction Data

posted @ Tuesday, November 16, 2004 5:33 AM |

2005 ASA-NCOA Joint Conference to Address “The Changing Face of Aging”

posted @ Monday, November 15, 2004 1:43 PM |

Implementation of New Medicare Redetermination Notice for RHHI, Revised

posted @ Thursday, November 11, 2004 9:51 AM |

New Policy and Refinements on Billing Non-Covered Charges to Fiscal Intermediaries for RHHI

posted @ Thursday, November 11, 2004 9:49 AM |

Mid-Atlantic Renal Care End of Life Conference

posted @ Thursday, November 11, 2004 9:46 AM |

Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2005

posted @ Thursday, November 11, 2004 9:28 AM |

Nearly One Million Americans Received Hospice Care Last Year

posted @ Thursday, November 11, 2004 9:07 AM |

Stony Hill Management's HIPAA Security Regulation Readiness Survey

posted @ Thursday, November 11, 2004 9:04 AM |

President Bush Declares November 2004 to be National Family Caregivers Month

posted @ Thursday, November 11, 2004 8:59 AM |

National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Home Health Care

posted @ Thursday, November 11, 2004 7:39 AM |

Remittance Advice Remark Code and Claim Adjustment Reason Code Update

posted @ Thursday, November 11, 2004 7:24 AM |

Living With Grief: Ethical Dilemmas at the End of Life Video Teleconference

posted @ Thursday, November 11, 2004 6:11 AM |

PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute Offers First Look at Healthcare in the Second Bush Administration

posted @ Thursday, November 11, 2004 5:30 AM |

Invalid Diagnosis Code Editing

posted @ Wednesday, November 10, 2004 10:49 AM |

Annual Update of HCPCS Codes Used for Home Health (HH) Consolidated Billing Enforcement

posted @ Wednesday, November 10, 2004 10:39 AM |

DMERC - Beneficiary Submitted Claims, Process First Claim

posted @ Wednesday, November 10, 2004 10:37 AM |

Updated Home Health Consolidated Billing Master Code List

posted @ Tuesday, November 09, 2004 10:40 AM |

New Version of HAVEN Now Available

posted @ Tuesday, November 09, 2004 10:38 AM |

Important News about Flu Shots for Medicare Beneficiaries

posted @ Tuesday, November 09, 2004 10:36 AM |

Medicare Home Health Independence Demonstration

posted @ Tuesday, November 09, 2004 10:34 AM |

Boomers, Young Seniors Can Extend Life With Minimal Exercise

posted @ Tuesday, November 09, 2004 8:26 AM |

Congress members call upon the head of the Medicare program to update hospice eligibility criteria.

posted @ Monday, November 01, 2004 9:18 AM |

National Hospice Month is November

posted @ Monday, November 01, 2004 8:46 AM |