May-June 2022 Issue
FREE CONTENT In this issue of the Remington Report, we take a deep dive into the post-acute transfer policy, the impact to your organization, what it means to hospitals, and how to drive greater value as a hospital partner.
May-June 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Hospitals are responsible for coding a Medicare beneficiary discharge bill based on the discharge plan for the patient. Here's what you need to know.
May-June 2022 Issue
FREE CONTENT The discharge status code identifies where the patient is being discharged to at the end of their facility stay or transferred to such as an acute/post-acute facility.
May-June 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT A recent study published in the American Journal of Managed Care showed home health vs. no post-acute care was associated with reduced 30-day readmissions and better outcomes.
May-June 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Medicare’s IPPS post-acute care transfer policy requires hospitals to apply the correct discharge status code to claims where patients receive home health services within three days of discharge.
May-June 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT This important OIG report has finding of hospitals that did not properly code post-acute transfer correctly.
May-June 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Fast facts about the Post-Acute Transfer Policy. Here's what you need to know at a glance.
May-June 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Medicare improperly paid acute-care hospitals $54.4 million for 18,647 claims subject to the Post-Acute Care Transfer policy.
May-June 2022 Issue
SPECIAL REPORT/FREE CONTENT In this special report, we give you multiple solutions to improve outcomes, patient engagement, and deeper conversations.
January-February 2022 Issue
FREE CONTENT Case managers/discharge planners continue to come under fire from fraud enforcers for violations of the federal anti-kickback statute.
November-December 2021 Issue
FREE CONTENT Effective on January 19, 2021, new regulations related to the Stark laws expanded and underscored the ability of hospitals to require physicians to send referrals to particular providers. These new regulations also make it clear that providers can monitor and enforce requirements to direct referrals to designated providers.
March-April 2022 Issue
FREE CONTENT In its 10th annual round of penalties, Medicare is reducing its payments to 2,499 hospitals, or 47% of all facilities for readmissions.
March-April 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Discharge destinations require established relationships with a network of high-quality post-acute providers, facilities and home health resources in the community.
March-April 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Readmission after skilled-nursing facility (SNF) discharge following heart failure hospitalization is highest during the first two days home.
March-April 2022 Issue
FREE CONTENT Data Sharing: Number of readmissions, readmission rates, and average cost of readmissions
March-April 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Researchers examined the common reasons why some hospitals have more readmissions treating a disproportionate share of patients with low incomes, poor health and other negative circumstances.
March-April 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The federal government’s effort to penalize hospitals for excessive patient readmissions is ending its first decade with Medicare cutting payments to nearly half the nation’s hospitals.
March-April 2022 Issue
FREE CONTENT Percentage of Medicare aged 66-74 enrolled in Medicare fee-for-service within 30-days of hospital discharge.
March-April 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT A recent analysis determined that Medicare fee-for-service patients who received personal care services experienced a decrease in Medicare expenditures over time.
March-April 2022 Issue
FREE CONTENT A recent study examined the patterns of Medicare beneficiaries post-acute care transitions among assisted living residents and their outcomes in the first 30 and 60 days after hospital discharge.
March-April 2022 Issue
FREE CONTENT Insights, solutions, and resources to advance new ways to communicate in real-time and optimize the experience of patients, their families, and your care teams.
January-February 2022 Issue
FREE CONTENT As the care-at-home industry continues to grow and expand, there are both opportunities and challenges in the future.
January-February 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT CMS’s reinterpretation of “primarily health-related” benefits has led to more Medicare Advantage (MA) plans offering services.
January-February 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT CMS projects that nearly 30 million people are signing up for MA in 2022. Here are seven trends to watch for.
January-February 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT One-third of all fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries receiving post-acute care have a diagnosis of dementia, and more than 7 in 10 receive this care in a SNF.
January-February 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT CMS is testing a broad array of complementary MA health plan innovations designed to reduce Medicare program expenditures, enhance the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries
January-February 2022 Issue
FREE SPECIAL REPORT Seven trends supporting growth and the future, including the expansion of community-based care and expanded clinical care models to attract referrals.
January-February 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Z codes are a set of ICD-10-CM codes used to report social, economic, and environmental determinants known to affect health and health-related outcomes.
January-February 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest occupational employment and wage statistics survey, the mean annual wage for nurse practitioners in the U.S. is $114,510.
January-February 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The median annual wage for home health and personal care aides was $27,080 in May 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
November-December 2021 Issue
FREE PUBLISHER'S MESSAGE In this issue of The Remington Report, we will provide actionable insights to guide your organization forward.
November-December 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Medicare Advantage beneficiaries are switching to Medicare Fee-for-Service during their last year of life, according to a Government Accountability Office report.
November-December 2021 Issue
FREE CONTENT Interviews with two organizations share how they tackled challenges to improve medical supply management, reduce the cost of care, and improve outcomes.
November-December 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Learn the association between the timing of home healthcare start of care and 30-day rehospitalization outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries following a diabetes-related hospitalization.
November-December 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Four peers share solutions to improve clinical handoffs, the advantages of timely information, how to drive better outcomes, and how to boost clinical productivity.
November-December 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Get insight into how ACOs are performing and related changes to their future.
November-December 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT This study provides insight into the long-term care services and support needs of seniors that help shape the future.
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Across the board, we see from referral sources and other care providers alike that they really feel as if they’re part of the care team now instead of the end of the line where a patient goes when they get out of the hospital. Your peers share their thoughts and solutions.
September-October 2021 Issue
FREE PUBLISHER'S MESSAGE In this issue of The Remington Report, we will guide your business readiness for adoption of new transformations, look at opportunity identification to create new revenue, and provide ways to achieve better outcomes.
September-October 2021 Issue
FREE CONTENT In this article, we discuss the 10 most frequent principal diagnoses and their costs impacting hospital inpatient stays.
September-October 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Learn the specific six surging areas businesses are investing in that is creating a road map to healthcare’s future.
September-October 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Your referral partners increasingly expect robust communications to make patient transfers as seamless as possible, for both the patient and providers. They will have to make a choice. Ultimately, they will look for relationships with organizations that are easy to work with and that can deliver proven quality care. We provide insights and strategies from high-performing organizations.
September-October 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Read the insights about home-based primary care and how they have reduced hospitalizations, readmissions, and emergency room visits.
September-October 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The American Hospital Association is urging CMS to keep five COVID waivers and to not return to the old ways of doing things.
September-October 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Recent research discusses the missed opportunities for discussions about end-of-life, including advance care planning, palliative care, discontinuation of disease-directed treatment, hospice care, and after-death wishes, with outpatients with advanced cancer.
September-October 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT In this new normal, it’s important to understand how your referral sources work, what they are sending to you versus the competition, how to deepen relationships with these sources, and what differentiates you as a provider in the marketplace.
July-August 2021 Issue
FREE PUBLISHER'S MESSAGE There are so many market dynamics changing healthcare’s future. Keeping up with them can be daunting. More than ever it is important to understand the impact these changes have on your business growth and sustainability.
July-August 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Four significant trends are impacting chronic care management and the future of physician groups and payers. Moving forward this can change your referral growth and the need to expand your managed care contracts.
July-August 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Payers are targeting their member populations that will benefit the most from at-home care. The center of their home health offerings is focused on high-cost patients, palliative care, diabetes, home care visits, telehealth, and at-home testing.
July-August 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT A recent study found receiving certain forms of care at home instead of in the hospital can lower healthcare spending. Administering specialty drugs at home or in a provider’s office lowered healthcare spending by $4 billion.
July-August 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Strategies and actions to improve clinician experiences. Work/life balance is something nurses are constantly trying to achieve, and many nurses are falling short of that goal. What solutions are your peers using to combat burnout, achieve better nurse work/life balance, and improve patient care?
July-August 2021 Issue
FREE CONTENT In this article, we take a look at social determinant insights and investments from the perspective of Medicare Advantage plans, Medicaid managed care and healthcare providers.
July-August 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Primary care transformation in voluntary programs has failed to broadly engage primary care organizations. What’s causing the low participation?
July-August 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT How to empower your team, drive efficiency of care, prevent readmissions, and gain a competitive advantage for your home health and/or hospice agency.
May-June 2021 Issue
FREE PUBLISHER'S MESSAGE Seven ways new players are consolidating the market and changing the dynamics of the traditional care at home model.
May-June 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Payers, health systems, Private Equity firms, and SPAC’s acquisition of care at home companies are quickly changing market dynamics, and signaling change is ahead. This is a must-read to understand trends and insights reshaping the future.
May-June 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Your referral sources are the lifeblood of your organization. Ultimately, they will look for relationships with organizations that are easy to work with and that can deliver proven quality care. A new research report reveals the four frustrations felt by your referral sources. A roundtable of your peers' weigh-in with solutions.
May-June 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The National Institute of Health advance care planning studies are focusing on the effectiveness of telehealth for patients receiving home-based palliative care and leveraging in home support services to engage patients in advance care planning. Learn more about the pilot studies supporting this research.
May-June 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The right of patients to choose providers has generated considerable conflict within the provider community. In this article, learn the four key legal sources supporting patient choice and actions your organizations and patients can take to have them enforced.
May-June 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT A review of payment models under CMS’ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is quietly under review to decide if they will be implemented. Many of these models were popular with care at home providers. We provide insight into each of these payment models.
May-June 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The Remington Report interviews Nick Knowlton to discuss how to manage referrals, grow referrals, exchange communications with referrals, and gain a competitive advantage.
March-April 2021 Issue
FREE PUBLISHER'S MESSAGE It’s not business as usual for home health, hospice, palliative care, in-home providers, and community-based organizations.
March-April 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Expanding continuum of care services is an important strategy for future market positioning. We explore how providers, payers, and physicians are broadening services to expand partnership referrals, create innovation, and ensure sustainability.
March-April 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT New information will help your organization better align clinical services to reduce the cost of the highest medical conditions and their expenditures. The data can be used in conversations with various payer sources to align your organization’s services to reduce the cost of care and readmissions.
March-April 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Under Andrew Molosky’s leadership, Chapters Health System has combined innovation and creative disruption to shift end-of-life care into a leading community-based population health organization.
March-April 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Post-acute organizations need consulting physicians’ services. The OIG continues to scrutinize these relationships. What are the three things providers should know before signing agreements?
March-April 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT National leaders discuss how to lean into new approaches to accelerate growth, improve performance, and address technologies that create faster reimbursement, better work-life balance for clinicians, and optimal patient outcomes.
January-February 2021 Issue
FREE PUBLISHER'S MESSAGE As we turn the corner into 2021, healthcare leaders should be asking themselves four key questions to address greater sustainability.
January-February 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Beginning in 2021, several value-based payment models will begin the shift from fee-for-service to value-based. Earmark this as the transformation of payment reform for care at home providers and how they will be paid in the future.
January-February 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT New choices to receive care at home centers on patients receiving acute level care in the home. Non-traditional care at home models is expanding into a new era. The twist to non-traditional programs is to keep care at home leadership’s eyes wide open about the impact to their organizations. Waivers are changing rules, policies have changed, and the role of who can care for patients in the home is transforming models.
January-February 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The invisible technology boundaries expand the rules of who can offer care in the home, how they will be paid, and it creates a less restrictive policy environment to deliver care at home. The opportunity to reshape care delivery and create a more efficient and cost-effective healthcare system is achievable because of the acceleration and adoption of technology.
January-February 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The question for leadership is how do you want to position your organization? As an integrator? Or as an aggregator? For care at home providers, the goal is to create a post-acute continuum model as patients transition from one care setting to another whether that be in-home personal care services, skilled home health, palliative care, or hospice.
January-February 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Geographic direct-contracting model (GEO) is the latest CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) model which allows Direct Contracting Entities to accept full financial risk for all traditional Medicare enrollees in their region. Three options enhance Medicare benefits and provide waivers for care in the home.
January-February 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT A growing number of initiatives are expanding to address social determinants of health. Payers, health systems, community-based organizations, and government entities are partnering together to create statewide efforts to improve community health and social care.
January-February 2021 Issue
FREE DATA POINT Medicare Advantage growth continues to outpace overall Medicare FFS membership growth, according to the latest statistics.
January-February 2021 Issue
FREE DATA POINT Why should we be concerned that primary care spending appears to be declining? A growing body of evidence measuring health system performance and population health outcomes finds that greater primary care is associated with better value: enhanced population health outcomes, greater equity, and more efficient use of healthcare resources.
November-December 2020 Issue
FREE PUBLISHER'S MESSAGE There are seven advancing care models supporting care in the home. Each of these models has the commonalities of technology, new reimbursement models, chronic care management, and greater movement toward value-based payments.
November-December 2020 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Home-based medical care models are shaking-up the $260 billion primary care market. Three physician models, new reimbursement models, telehealth, and chronic care management are key drivers.
November-December 2020 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Building home care capacity will give plans more flexibility to meet patients on their own terms and could improve outcomes. Learn what is changing models of care in the home.
November-December 2020 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT States are developing plans to increase Medicaid provider participation in and adoption of value-based care models. How will these new payment models work?
November-December 2020 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Medicare Advantage Plans are expanding supplemental benefits in 2021. Learn what services are expanding and how this expands your partnerships.
November-December 2020 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT States are expanding value-based payments (VBP) in Medicaid and leveraging their Medicaid managed care programs to advance their payment reform goals. We discuss the details.
November-December 2020 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT CMS' innovation center (CMMI) is about to roll out a new model allowing insurance plans to take on financial risk for patients enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid. How will this affect payers? What other new models can you expect in the future?
November-December 2020 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The Community Health Access and Rural Transformation (CHART) Model expands telehealth services, links residents to non-local healthcare providers, and provides more than $8.7 million in grant funding. What are the new opportunities for your organization?
November-December 2020 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Compelling stories from your peers talk about their experiences with COVID-19 and their patients.
November-December 2020 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT We share a collection of stories from caregivers on the frontline overseeing patient care for multiple conditions at home: dementia, end-of-life, behavioral health, and falls.
November-December 2020 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT This collection of stories shares how caregivers overcome the challenges of treating patients during COVID-19.
November-December 2020 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT In Advisory Opinion No. 18-05; issued on June 18, 2018; the OIG addressed the circumstances under which providers can establish “caregiver centers” that provide or arrange for free or reduced-cost support services to caregivers in local communities.
September-October 2020 Issue
FREE PUBLISHER'S MESSAGE During COVID-19, home-based care created a new sense of urgency which will continue beyond the pandemic. Find out why.
September-October 2020 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Primary care is being rapidly redefined today right before our eyes. As healthcare evolves, patient needs expand and providers must look for new and better ways to achieve a patient-centered model of practice. Read the four reasons home-based primary care is opening doors and opportunities for patients and providers today.
September-October 2020 Issue
FREE DATA POINT How is COVID-19 delaying care? Nationwide 40% of Americans are still delaying care according to a survey from the U.S. Census Bureau.
September-October 2020 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT CMS has released proposed policy changes for 2021 Medicare payment rates under its annual Physician Fee Schedule. Telehealth codes allow physicians to bill for home visits and care planning. We dive into the codes and what they mean.
September-October 2020 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Home-based medical care models are shaking-up the $260 billion primary care market. How are integrated primary care delivery models addressing chronic care management in the home?
September-October 2020 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Insurers' strategies to provide greater services in the home are moving rapidly. Changing models have insurers partnering-up with primary care physicians, telehealth, and pharmacies to deliver care in the home. We provide insights to insurers' reactions post COVID-19 and beyond.
September-October 2020 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Payers are interested in talking about the data. In particular, they are interested in understanding how home care providers are able to reduce their penalties and increase their rewards in a value-based payment system. Learn how one organization is advancing conversations.
September-October 2020 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT How do anti-kickback statutes apply if providers or Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) are involved in referral arrangements and receive any type of federal or state funds? Attorney Elizabeth Hogue breaks it all down.
July-August 2020 Issue
FREE PUBLISHER'S MESSAGE As healthcare providers await more news about expanding telehealth regulations, home care, hospice, palliative care, and community-based providers are in a unique position to further their value to physicians, ACOs, health systems, insurers, and Medicaid and Medicare.
July-August 2020 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Telehealth is healthcare’s hottest topic. How should providers support and drive growth? What new opportunities will improve outcomes? How will telehealth reshape care delivery?
July-August 2020 Issue
FREE DATA POINT Medicare Advantage penetration continued to grow following the 2020 Medicare Annual Election Period, reaching 36.0% in 2020, according to CMS’s March data release.
July-August 2020 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT How can home care optimize telehealth during COVID-19 to work with other stakeholders and maintain continuity of care? What strategies can increase uptake and new models?
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