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CMS To Intensify Medicare Advantage Audits
Source and Credit: Home Health Care News, By Audrie Martin | May 28, 2025 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced...
John Taylor, COO
May 292 min read


ACHCU Academy - Presenter Highlights
If you are attending ACHCU Academy in Dallas, TX on March 3rd-5th, you will not have double vision. What you will have, is a double...
John Taylor, COO
Feb 52 min read


Hospice Special Focus Program
Source; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) The CMS Hospice Special Focus Program (SFP) will monitor hospices identified as...
John Taylor, COO
Jan 173 min read


Welcome Nancy Allen, to Gateway
To learn more about Nancy's experiences and what she can help you with, please take a few minutes to watch the video. We couldn't be more...
John Taylor, COO
Aug 6, 20241 min read


Update: Limitation on Recoupment of Medicare Overpayments
HOME HEALTH and HOSPICE PROVIDERS Release Date: February 15, 2024 MLN Matters Number: MM11808 (link) Effective Date: July 1, 2024 Related...

John Taylor
Feb 22, 20242 min read


Oklahoma! Where the RCD Comes Sweeping Down the Plains
Although officially the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) will end next May, it seems that CMS has a few tricks up its sleeve. From the...

Joe Osentoski, BAS, RN-BC
Nov 7, 20234 min read


Free Hospice Webinar Series
A Comprehensive Series for Hospice Agencies Join our all-star cast of Hospice Industry Experts on the most important areas of change you...
John Taylor, COO
Oct 20, 20231 min read


Axxess Announces Strategic Partnership with Gateway Home Health Coding and Consulting
Clients Can Access Services to Maximize Revenue and Efficiency DALLAS and DETROIT, September 25, 2023 – Axxess, the leading global...

Robert Drew
Sep 26, 20232 min read


Managing Medicare Advantage Reviews and Appeals Webinar
Thursday, September 22, 2022 2:00pm to 3:15pm This presentation uses multiple extracts and examples of actual MA denials issues to...
John Taylor, COO
Sep 14, 20222 min read


Denial Response: What to Do?
Nearly all home health and hospice agencies will at one time or another experience some form of Medicare Medical Review (MR) CMS Medical...

Joe Osentoski, BAS, RN-BC
Aug 3, 20224 min read


Medical Review Responses: What to Do?
Nearly all home health and hospice agencies will at one time or another experience some form of Medicare Medical Review (MR) CMS Medical...

Joe Osentoski, BAS, RN-BC
Jul 6, 20224 min read


When EMRs Fail to Communicate
Virtually every home health agency uses an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) to generate clinical documentation and meet certification...

Joe Osentoski, BAS, RN-BC
Jun 28, 20224 min read


The Common Thread of Large Consulting Firms and Outsourced ICD-10 Coding Practices
Over the past number of years, homecare and hospice agencies have been wise in choosing to outsource ICD-10 Coding and Quality Assurance...
John Taylor, COO
Apr 19, 20222 min read


CMS: When a Clarification‒Isn’t
CMS has just issued MedLearnMatters MLN MM12615 MLN 1135 related to Change Request (CR) Number 12615. Part of this was to address...

Joe Osentoski, BAS, RN-BC
Apr 11, 20223 min read


Medical Reviews: Results and Risks
Recent postings from Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC) Palmetto GBA and CGS Administrators have shown that the top reasons for...

Joe Osentoski, BAS, RN-BC
Feb 24, 20223 min read


Medical Review 2022: Everything Old is Renewed Again
With the end of 2021 and start of 2022 it is time to take a quick look at the world of Medical Review and what agencies may be seeing in...

Joe Osentoski, BAS, RN-BC
Jan 3, 20223 min read


Home Health Medical Reviews
THE BASICS AND HOW TO PREPARE Sponsored/Produced by Axxess and presented Joe Osentoski, BS, RN-BC Gateway Home Health Coding &...
John Taylor, COO
Dec 1, 20211 min read


WEBINAR - Increase Revenue, Decrease Hospitalization & Improve Outcomes
An amazing opportunity for passive revenue without increasing staff or providing additional visits! Join us for this interactive Webinar....
John Taylor, COO
Sep 29, 20212 min read


HomeCareCon - 32nd Annual Conference & Trade Show
Come see us at booth 108! We would love to see each and everyone of you at the the HomeCareCon 32nd Annual Conference & Trade Show. Stop...
John Taylor, COO
Jul 2, 20211 min read


Face-to-Face: Ten Years Later
We just passed the tenth anniversary of the implementation of the physician face-to-face encounter—issued as Medicare Benefit Policy...

Joe Osentoski, BAS, RN-BC
Apr 8, 20213 min read
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