Home Health Line
05/14/2012

Make sure you know how to complete Medicare’s 855A enrollment form to avoid losing your billing privileges if you miss your revalidation deadline.

05/14/2012

Starting Oct. 1, home health agencies and hospices must use occurrence code 55.

05/14/2012

Use this chart to help you determine your agency’s indirect ownership when you file form 855A. The tool was created by HHL and William Cuppett, CPA and managing member at The Health Group in Morgantown, W. Va.

05/08/2012

Give this HHS opinion letter to physicians who want to charge you for completion of face-to-face encounter documentation or other aspects of the certification.

The letter outlines HHS' stance on such charges, making it clear that they're considered a violation of the anti-kickback statute.

05/07/2012

Get ready to remind your referring physicians about enrollment in the provider enrollment, chain and ownership system (PECOS) or face denials.

05/07/2012

Make sure your agency knows how to navigate the appeals process when you get a denial due to improper physician documentation on the face-to-face form. A successful appeal could mean the difference between thousands of dollars you lose or keep.

05/07/2012

If a therapy patient experiences a sudden change in condition that makes it impossible to meet the 30-day reassessment deadline, the reassessment can be delayed if you get a physician order to stop therapy, CMS says.

05/07/2012

Make sure your contracts with therapy staffing companies include provisions on timely reassessments and compliant documentation.

05/07/2012

Home health agencies, hospices and associations worry that a recent CMS proposed rule, if finalized, would result in massive overpayment demands and could eliminate the option of using the direct data entry system to remedy routine payment errors.

05/07/2012

The federal government will make more money available for states to fund home- and community-based services (HCBS), CMS announced in two separate regulations published May 1.

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