Plain-language guides for home health and hospice agencies — Medicare cap management, eligibility, coding, policy, and the compliance deadlines that cost real money.
How mid-year hospice cap monitoring helps agencies calculate their Medicare aggregate cap position early, manage length of stay, and prevent a year-end repayment.
Read guideHow home health and hospice teams monitor Medicare and Medicare Advantage eligibility changes — at intake and on active patients — to prevent avoidable billing denials.
Read guideHIPAA requires a backup and contingency plan. See how offline disaster recovery keeps home health and hospice records readable during outages and ransomware.
Read guideThe home health NOA and hospice NOE must reach Medicare within five calendar days. Learn how late filing creates non-covered days and how to track the clock.
Read guideMedicare hospice coverage runs in two 90-day benefit periods then unlimited 60-day periods. Learn how election, transfers, and recertification affect billing.
Read guideHOPE replaced the Hospice Item Set on October 1, 2025. Learn its new assessment timepoints and how the Quality Reporting Program affects your annual payment update.
Read guideHow home health and hospice agencies keep policy manuals current with the CMS Conditions of Participation, resolve conflicts and gaps, and stay survey-ready.
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