Home Health & Hospice Week
FEDS--ACCREDITATION PROCRASTINATION MAY BRING MAJOR RISKS
If you offer home medical equipment and haven't applied for accreditation yet, Uncle Sam wants you--to get moving, that is.
Yet again, an official from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a warning that suppliers who aren't yet accredited or well into the process are playing with fire. That in turn sparked speculation from some that the agency may be about to spring a firm--and possibly short--deadline for accreditation.
"Begin the accreditation process as soon as possible," advised the CMS official on March 2.
"[CMS] cannot predict exactly when the competitive bidding rule will be issued," said the spokesperson, adding "suppliers of the designated types of equipment in the competitive bidding areas will have to be accredited in order to contract with Medicare."
Shocker: The final rule could trip up HME suppliers by mandating accreditation by year's end, speculates North Carolina-based consultant Wayne Link. "At this point, no one knows what could happen," Link tells Eli.
The push toward HME supplier accreditation includes physicians who offer HME, notes CMS in its latest caution.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Budget:
FEDS PUSH FOR HHA RATE FREEZE
MedPac, CBO hammer proposals that cut Medicare home health spending
You'll have your work cut out [...] - Reimbursement:
HME SUPPLIERS STRIKE BACK ON BUDGET PROPOSALS
More payment changes loom for power wheelchairs, oxygen.
Watch out, Washington: Home medical equipment suppliers are [...] - Accreditation:
FEDS--ACCREDITATION PROCRASTINATION MAY BRING MAJOR RISKS
Final rule could pack a wallop.
If you offer home medical equipment and haven't applied for [...] - OASIS:
INCREASE OASIS ACCURACY WITH NEW PRESSURE ULCER GUIDANCE
Better pressure ulcer scoring could mean more money for your patient.
Pressure ulcer staging for OASIS [...] - Billing:
ARE COMPUTER GLITCHES EATING YOUR REIMBURSEMENT?
Medicare denied up to 333,000 claims by mistake.
You need to be vigilant for computer billing [...] - Capped Rentals:
HEED NEW HME BILLING GUIDANCE
Don't let mistakes on capped rental claims sap your bottom line.
New guidance from the feds [...] - Industry Notes:
GAO PUTS SUPPLIERS IN THE HOT SEAT
Be sure your HME claims will stand up under the microscope.
Providers of home medical supplies [...]
