Home Health & Hospice Week
Keep Medicare Timely Filing In Mind For Former Hospice Late Claims
Hold up on submitting those hospice late bills. "Hospice add-on claims (also known as late bills) are no longer allowed for dates of service April 1, 2012, and later," HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor CGS reminds hospices in its April HHH Medicare Bulletin.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services eliminated add-on claims "to avoid possible duplication of payment, and to simplify administration of the Medicare Program," CGS notes in the Bulletin.
Mind the deadline: "Hospices needing to submit physician charges that were inadvertently omitted from the original hospice claim, must now submit these charges on an adjustment claim (type of bill 8X7)," CGS instructs. Adjustment claims are subject to Medicare timely filing guidelines, which changed to 12 months in 2010.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Budget:
U.S. President Wants Cuts To HHA Payments Next Year
Hospices generally get a pass in White House budget for 2014. As the opening salvo [...] - Edits:
HHAs Getting Up To Speed On Physician PECOS Requirements
Be sure you’re on top of these costly edits before they hit May 1. If [...] - Reimbursement:
System Glitch Leaves HHAs Hanging
Claims system problem reminds agencies to always be prepared. Without reimbursement coming in the door, [...] - Quality:
Tap This Resource For Quality Assistance
CMS Quality Improvement Organizations can help you improve care and reduce costs.
Do you [...] - Industry Note:
Improvement Standard One Step Closer To Getting The Boot
Medicare issues fact sheet following lawsuit settlement overturning policy.
Medicare contractors that have [...] - Industry Note:
Use These Instructions For Billing With Diagnosis Codes When ICD-10 Hits
Not sure how to handle diagnosis codes on claims that span the Oct. 1, 2014 [...] - Industry Note:
OIG Shines Spotlight On Miami Home Health Fraud Once Again
The HHS Office of Inspector General is trumpeting its success with its HEAT initiative in [...] - Industry Note:
Keep Medicare Timely Filing In Mind For Former Hospice Late Claims
Hold up on submitting those hospice late bills. "Hospice add-on claims (also known as late [...] - Industry Note:
Follow This Procedure When Patient Won't Sign ABN
Does your agency have to be on the hook if a patient refuses to sign [...] - Industry Note:
Case Study: Hospital Uses Home Care To Curb Readmissions
Medicare’s new payment system for hospitals, which penalizes them for high readmission rates, is motivating [...] - Industry Note:
D.C. HHA Owner Guilty
A former HHA owner in the nation’s capital has pled guilty to creating fake patient [...] - Industry Note:
Excluded Staff Lead To Ohio HHA Owner's Guilty Plea
An HHA owner in Ohio has pled guilty to Medicare fraud. Divyesh "David" C. Patel, [...] - Industry Note:
Providers Plan To Build More Hospice Houses
The number of the nation’s hospice inpatient facilities continues to grow. In Bonita, Calif., Sharp [...]
