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CMS Issued Updates to Home Health Claims Processing

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released Change Request 14543 that reenforces the requirement for home health agencies (HHAs) to report county codes on claims, and makes clarifications on the Notice of Admission (NOA) timeliness exceptions, reporting for telehealth visits, and diagnosis code reporting. County codes A recent report from the Office […]
Read MoreCMS Open Door Forum Addresses HIT, Home Health CAHPS and Claims Processing Issues

The January 26, 2021 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held a Home Health, Hospice, and DME (Durable Medical Equipment) Open Door Forum addressed several issues of interest to home health providers. A summary of the issues pertaining to home health are below. (Matters of interest for hospice providers were covered earlier this week […]
Read MoreCMS Updates Home Health Claim Processing Instructions for Unsolicited Responses

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated the claims processing instructions for Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), including instructions for processing multiple unsolicited responses on the same home health claim. Prior to the implementation of PDGM (Patient Driven Groupings Model), there was no need for multiple unsolicited responses to be processed during the […]
Read MoreCMS Open Door Forum: Updates on PDGM, Claims Processing Issues, Quality & More

On February 26, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held its monthly Home Health, Hospice and DME Open Door Forum (ODF). Following are updates related to the home health agency portion of the call. PDGM CMS reviewed two MedLearn (MLN) Matters articles recently issued that provide information and education on the Patient Driven […]
Read MoreCMS Issues Instructions for PDGM Claims Processing

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued Change Request 11081, which provides claim processing instructions to the Medicare Administrative Contractors ( MACs) that will be necessary to process home health claims with the implementation of the Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM). The PDGM will assign 30-day periods of care into one of […]
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