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February 2007 |
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February 8, 2007
IME Announces New Provider Agreement
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January 2007 |
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January
25, 2007
New Online Training Benefit Now
Available
January
2 5, 2007
2007 IAHC "Day on the Hill" Event
January
23, 2007
Employee Policies Regarding Prevention
and Detection of Medicaid Fraud and
Abuse
January 22, 2007
2007 IFMC Regional Quality Forums,
Achieving Health Care Excellence...Close
to Home
January 9, 2007
IAHC Members Encouraged to
Participate in the HHQI
National "Reduce Avoidable
Hospitalizations" Campaign
January 8, 2007
2007 OASIS Workshop Brochure and
Registration Form Now Available
January 5, 2007
December Outcomes Data Reports Include
Bonus "Outcomes History Since September
2005"
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December 2006 |
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December 27, 2006
Monthly Membership Surveys Beginning in
January
December 26, 2006
Use Only 2007 CPT and HCPCS Level II
Codes For All Iowa Medicaid Claims with
DOS On/After January 1, 2007
December 22, 2006
HCIN "Keys to OASIS Success" Seminar
Series
December 21, 2006
IAHC Adds Professional Staff
Resource
December 20, 2006
DIA Photocopying Reimbursement Now
Available
December 20, 2006
DRA 2005 Section 6032 Medicaid "False
Claims & Whistleblower" Compliance
Provisions Deadline is January 1, 2007
December 19, 2006
IAHC 2007 Legislative Agenda Approved
December 8, 2006
5% Rural Add-on Extension NOT included
in Newly Passed Legislation
December 7, 2006
Great Legislative News: U.S. House and
Senate set to Pass Legislation that Does
Not Include Home Care Cuts/Freeze!
December 5, 2006
New Fazzi Audio Conference:
Assessing Your Agency from
Head to Toe!
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November 2006 |
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November 17, 2006
Member "Data Reports" Initial
Distribution
November 6, 2006
Skilled Nursing Wage & Benefits Survey
November 1, 2006
CMS
Final Rule Issued on Home Health PPS
Rate
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October 2006 |
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October 25, 2006
Provider Action Required for FISS Access
October 23, 2006
Release of the Iowa NPI Verification
Tool
October 20, 2006
CAHABA GBA Providers
Transitioned to New
Enterprise Data Centers
(EDC)
October 9, 2006
IAHC District Meeting Dates
and Locations Set
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September 2006 |
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September 23, 2006
Free HCIN Remote Patient Care Web
Seminar: Home Telehealth Technologies
September 23, 2006
New Requirements for Medicaid Fraud &
Abuse Compliance
September 20, 2006
DIA Initiates Action to Establish Person
Directed Care Environments
September 15, 2006
Medicare Crossover Claims
automatically sent to IME
September 8, 2006
DRA 9-Day Payment Hold
September 7, 2006
Iowa Respite and Crisis
Coalition is hosting its 13th
annual Lifespan Respite and
Crisis Care Conference
September 6, 2006
Lee County Health Department
& Iowa Health Home Care
co-sponsor "The Basics of
the Omaha System"
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August 2006 |
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August 31, 2006
CMS Flu Campaign
August 30, 2006
IAHC Issues DRAFT "Iowa
Medicaid Reform: Home Health
Services Preliminary
Recommendations Report
(Summary)"
August 18, 2006
NAHC "Home Health Advance Beneficiary
Notices (HHABN): The Final Word 2006"
Teleconference
August 18, 2006
National
OASIS Clinical Teletraining
August 17, 2006
IAHC Diagnostic Coding
Workshops Early Registration Ends
September 1st
August 14, 2006
CMS Issues "Final" HHABN Instructions
August 11, 2006
FREE Web Seminar on the Revised Home
Health Advance Beneficiary Notice (HHABN)
August 10, 2006
Home and Community Based Services (HCBS)
Case Management as an Elderly Waiver
Service
August 7, 2006
2007 "Blueprint for OASIS Accuracy"
Workshop date announced
August 4, 2006
New Federal Medicaid Documentation
Requirements
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July 2006 |
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July 21, 2006
3% Medicaid increase
implementation delayed
pending CMS approval
July 19, 2006
New Fazzi Audio Conference:
Staff Recruitment &
Retention Strategies!
July 17, 2006
2006 - 2007 IAHC Board of Directors and
Officers
July 14, 2006
IAHC
Diagnostic Coding Workshops Brochure and
Registration Form Now Available
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June 2006 |
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June 22, 2006
New IME Lock Box for Provider
Overpayments
June 20, 2006
Final HHABN Implementation
Anticipated for the Early
Fall
June 20, 2006
CMS Provides Guidance for new OASIS/RAP
Transmission Requirement
June 2, 2006
OASIS Data Transmission Required To Send
RAPs
June 1, 2006
Updated IAHC
Annual Conference Program
and Exhibitor Information
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May 2006 |
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May 26, 2006
CMS Delays HHABN Deadline
May 17, 2006
IAHC Offers Training by the Home Care
Information Network (HCIN)
May 3, 2006
IAHC
Annual Conference Program and
Registration Form Now Available
May 1, 2006
3%
Medicaid FY 2006 fee increase
Implementation Clarification
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April 2006 |
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April 28, 2006
IAHC District Meeting Minutes and
Handouts Available
April 18, 2006
New Fazzi Audio Conference: Building
Referrals!
April 11, 2006
IME to proceed with the 3% fee increase
for fiscal year 2006
April 7, 2006
Coding Workshops Scheduled for September
(Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced)
April 4, 2006
IAHC "Iowa Medicaid Reform" Workgroup
Formed
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March 31, 2006
Iowa Medicaid Fixed Rate Fee
Schedule Development Delay
Likely
March 30, 2006
House Budget Committee Passes a FY 2007
Budget Resolution Which Does Not Include
Medicare Or Medicaid Savings
March 30, 2006
OIG Advisory Opinion - Free
Pre-Operative Home Safety Assessment
Violates Medicare Anti-kickback Statute
March 23, 2006
IAHC District Meeting dates
& locations announced
March 3, 2006
Ten Iowa Counties
Reclassified as "Urban"
Under New CBSA
March 3, 2006
CBSA is New OMB Geographic
Statistical Area Definition
March 2, 2006
45 Sit for COS-C Exam
March 1, 2006
"Blueprint for OASIS Accuracy" Workshop
Draws 340
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February 2006 |
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February 27, 2006
HHABN Revised
February 27, 2006
Medicare Rural Add-On Implementation
Problems Surface
February 24, 2006
CMS
approval of Deeming Authority of ACHC for Home Health Agencies
February 10, 2006
CMS instructs intermediaries to release
home health and hospice claims
February 2, 2006
2006 PPS Inflation Index Freeze
Implementation
February 1, 2006
"Deficit Reduction Act"
Approved
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January 2006 |
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January 26, 2006
"Legislation Tracker" feature added to
web site
January 5, 2006
Medicare Part D Potential Beneficiary
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December 30,
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2006 PPS Payment Inflation
Index Caution
December 23, 2005
Budget
Reconciliation Bill Delayed
but HHMBI Freeze Still
Likely
December 16, 2005
OASIS Training Workshop and
optional Certification Exam
to be offered in Iowa
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November 30, 2005
IAHC District Meeting
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