electronic data interchange
CMS Issues Manual Instructions for the Home Health NOA

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued Change Request (CR) 12256, Replacing Home Health Requests for Anticipated Payment (RAPs) with the Notice of Admission (NOA). The CR updates multiple sections of the Chapter 10 of the Medicare Claims Processing Manual to reflect requirements for the Patient Driven Groupings Model such as adding “Notice of Admission” when applicable and replacing the phrase “60 day […]
Read MoreCMS Encourages Hospices to Submit Notice of Election Electronically

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is encouraging hospices to submit notices of election (NOE) through electronic data interchange (EDI). One of the main advantages to hospices of filing electronically is that it reduces, and potentially eliminates problems with NOEs that result from keying errors during the Direct Data Entry (DDE) process. Electronically […]
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