If you're looking for an easy -- and free -- way to introduce ICD-9 coding to more of your staff, a new computer-based course may be just the thing. In its June Home Health & Hospice Medicare A Newsline, regional [...]
CMS answers a nagging question about sequencing denied episodes.One M0110 mystery is solved, but the solution may not make your PPS billing much easier."Any Medicare fee-for-service covered episode for a beneficiary is considered in determining adjacent covered episodes," the Centers [...]
Tip: Include supplies charges on all claims, including LUPAs.Nailing down the details of prospective payment system refinements is still a challenge halfway through 2008, but now you have one more piece of the PPS puzzle.In a recent memo, the Centers [...]
OASIS answers determine nonroutine medical supplies payment. You have a new source of additional episode reimbursement, but it is no longer automatic. Old way: Before 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services included a supplies reimbursement of $52.53 in [...]
