Home Health & Hospice Week
Tap Educational Resources From New HHH MAC
Get advice on billing issues ranging from logging onto DDE to avoiding duplicate file rejections. Switching to a new Medicare contractor can be a painful process, but now home health agencies and hospices have some concrete help to smooth the way. New Home Health & Hospice Medicare Administrative Contractor (HHH MAC) CGS has issued multiple job aids on a range of billing topics at http://cgsmedicare.com/hhh/edi/JobAids.html. Subjects include accessing multiple provider numbers via DDE, a quick reference tool of DDE function keys, and how to avoid duplicate file rejections. Tip: Among the advice CGS (formerly CIGNA) doles out are instructions on using the space bar in DDE. "The space bar should never be used to erase data," CGS says in its DDE function key tool. "If an error is keyed, press Delete to erase an error." Also: The DDE system will require you to enter a new password periodically, CGS says in its aid addressing FISS and DDE system logons and passwords. "Passwords expire after 30 days," CGS says. "Providers will be required to enter a new valid password."
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Prospective Payment System:
2012 Cuts To Hit Therapy-Heavy HHAs The Hardest
Proposed cuts are even bigger than CMS says, industry sources maintain. How next year's proposed [...] - Diagnosis Coding:
Diagnosis Codes Slated For Elimination No Longer Predict Costs, CMS Says
Use of 401.9 more than doubled in last five years. The Centers for Medicare & [...] - Therapy:
20-Visit Threshold Sees Biggest Payment Decrease Under Case Mix Changes
The feds are aiming changes at scammers who pad their therapy visits. The only question [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
Outliers On Track For Decrease
Don't overlook the PPS rule's smaller provisions. The reimbursement cuts due to case mix creep [...] - Industry Note:
Tap Educational Resources From New HHH MAC
Get advice on billing issues ranging from logging onto DDE to avoiding duplicate file rejections. [...] - Industry Note:
Majority Of Power Wheelchair Claims Don't Meet Medic-are Requirements
Wheelchair suppliers may face even more red tape in furnishing items to Medicare beneficiaries, thanks [...] - Industry Note:
Don't Date Stamp Hospice Terminal Illness Certs Unless You Want Denials
Put away those date stamps for your hospice patients' terminal illness certification, or risk technical [...] - Industry Note:
Examine This Case Study For Cost-Cutting Tips
If you're looking to cut your spending in these trying financial times, you may want [...] - Industry Note:
Two California HHA Owners Found Guilty Of Fraud
A federal jury has found one home health agency owner in California guilty of Medicare [...] - Industry Note:
Regional Chain Buys Florida Home Health Agency
Regional chain CareSouth Health System Inc. is purchasing its third home health agency in Florida. [...] - Industry Note:
Multiple Regions See Hospice Inpatient Units Opening Their Doors
Hospice inpatient units continue to proliferate. Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care in Colorado Springs, [...]
