Common Working File Edit Causing Incorrect Payments on Some LUPA Claims

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued Change Request (CR) 12085 – Correction to Period Sequence Edits on Home Health Claims. The CR addresses an edit in the Common Working File that bypasses period of care sequencing on Low Utilization Payment Adjustment (LUPA) claims. Before the implementation of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model […]

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CMS Updates Home Health Claim Processing Instructions for Unsolicited Responses

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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 […]

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