WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 6, 2020)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued another revision to change request 11855—Penalty for Delayed Request for Anticipated Payment (RAP) Submission—Implementation. The Change Request (CR) revision added remittance advice message information related to the No Pay RAP penalty.
Home health agencies (HHAs) should note that Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) will:
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (November 6, 2020)—Numotion, a provider of complex rehab technology (CRT), announced its first physical location in Buffalo, New York. Numotion Buffalo will be located at 2400 N. America Drive, West Seneca, NY, and staffed by an Assistive Technology Professional (ATP) and additional dedicated service and support teams.
JOHNSTON, RI (November 6, 2020)—Spiro Health announced the successful acquisition of Absolute Respiratory Care in Johnston, Rhode Island. Absolute Respiratory Care is a home medical equipment provider in the state of Rhode Island. The acquisition will continue to allow Spiro Health to have operations across eight states and the District of Columbia; Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and Virginia.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (November 6, 2020)—Baptist Health, a health care provider in greater Jacksonville, Florida, has announced a joint venture with BAYADA Home Health Care to expand upon the services provided to the community by Baptist Home Health for more than 25 years. The combined organization, Baptist Home Health Care by BAYADA, will have the capabilities to serve more patients at home, where they can recover and thrive best.
CLEARWATER, Fla. (November 5, 2020)—Carol Li, DO, has been named medical director for Suncoast Hospice, a member of Empath Health. Li is a Hospice and Palliative Board-Certified Physician who joined Suncoast Hospice in 2018 as an inpatient Care Center physician. She received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine in New Jersey and completed her residency in internal medicine at Largo Medical Center.
ATLANTA, Georgia (Nov. 5, 2020)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) is seeking an unprecedented level of advice from stakeholders even as it makes major changes to the competitive bidding program, Mark Higley, vice president or regulatory affairs for VGM, and others said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 5, 2020)—The 2021 release of the Hospice Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER), anticipated spring 2021, will include at least one new target area—Average Number of Part D Claims per Hospice Episode.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 5, 2020)—The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking requiring the department to assess its regulations every ten years to determine whether they are subject to review under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), which requires regular review of certain significant regulations.
FORT WORTH, Texas, (November 5, 2020)—VERTESS a health care mergers and acquisition (M&A) advisory firm, has facilitated 12 significant transactions to date in 2020 despite the many challenges posed by COVID-19. The successes were achieved on both the sellside and buyside within a variety of different healthcare verticals, including behavioral healthcare, durable medical equipment (DME), intellectual and development disabilities (I/DD), and pharmacy.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (November 4, 2020)—The DMEPOS competitive bidding program was designed to find competitive rates of reimbursement for DME items, not necessarily the lowest, said John Gallagher, vice president of government relations at VGM & Associates, during a presentation for the 2020 Medtrade Virtual conference.
