Home Health & Hospice Week
CMS Gives Benchmark Data To Oxygen Billers
Providers who furnish home oxygen will get a chance to measure themselves against their peers this month. On June 26, CMS will issue national provider Comparative Billing Reports addressing home oxygen services. They will be produced by CMS contractor SafeGuard Services. The reports will "contain actual data-driven tables and graphs with an explanation of findings that compare supplier's billing and payment patterns to those of their peers located in the state and across the nation," CMS explains in a release. "These reports are not available to anyone except the suppliers who receive them." Aim: "These reports are an example of a tool that helps suppliers better understand applicable Medicare billing rules and improve the level of care they furnish to their Medicare patients," CMS says.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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Providers Wrestle With Common Working File Mistakes
CMS claims its hands are tied when it comes to inaccuracies in the Common Working [...] - Hospice:
Get A Glimpse Of Your Hospice Quality Reporting Future
You might want to work on your pain management strategies first.Required quality reporting for hospices [...] - Regulations:
New HHCAHPS Data Wave Coming In July
Plus: Medicare's hospice cap catch-up should end by next spring.If your CAHPS data didn't show [...] - Diagnosis Coding:
Get Your V Code Usage Straight
Warning: Don't confuse 'status' and 'attention to' V codes.Home health coders and V codes have [...] - Industry Note:
Data Mining Leads To Hospice Fraud Settlement
Owners excluded from Medicare for 7 years.If your billing is outside the norm, you'd better [...] - Industry Note:
Small Businesses Eschew Tax Credit, GAO Finds
If you're not using the Small Employer Health Insurance Tax Credit, you're not alone. When [...] - Industry Note:
Observe These New Rules For 5010 Claims
Don't let technical oversights lead to claims rejections when Medicare starts enforcing the 5010 claims [...] - Industry Note:
Prior Authorization Demo Slated For This Summer
Providers with patients who need power mobility devices are still waiting to hear when a [...] - Industry Note:
Refile RAPs For Claims Booted In Error For PECOS
If you had claims that received reason code 32072 before the PECOS edit was turned [...] - Industry Note:
Correct Hospice Election Errors The Right Way
Watch out for errors on your Notices of Election, or you'll have to jump through [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Gives Benchmark Data To Oxygen Billers
Providers who furnish home oxygen will get a chance to measure themselves against their peers [...] - Industry Note:
Virginia HHA Owner Indicted For Bogus Claims
A Medicaid home care agency owner in Virginia has been indicted for submitting claims for [...] - Reader Question:
Keep Physician Communication Open To Avoid Getting Stuck With The Bill
Make sure the ordering doc is on board with your care plan early on, experts [...]
