Home Health & Hospice Week
Observe These New Rules For 5010 Claims
Don't let technical oversights lead to claims rejections when Medicare starts enforcing the 5010 claims format after June 30. For example: You must use a nine-digit ZIP code for the billing provider and your locations, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reminds in a message to providers. And you must use a physical address, not a PO Box, for the billing provider address. Plus: You have to use your National Pro-vider Identifier (NPI) number as your primary identifier, CMS stresses. You'll no longer be able to use your Tax ID or Social Security Number. To get more information on 5010, register for your CMS Regional Office's June 20 webinar on the topic at http://registration.intercall.com/go/cms2. CMS is offering three separate webinars in the Eastern, Central, and Mountain-Pacific regions.
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 [...]
