Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Watch For Pay-Reducing Letter
Published on Fri Oct 04, 2019
You now can find out whether you’re slated to get less in Medicare payments starting in January, due to failure to meet quality data reporting requirements in 2018. Non-compliance letters are in home health agencies’ CASPER folders as of Oct. 1, and HHH Medicare Administrative Contractors are sending out hard copy letters as well. You can submit a reconsideration request by Nov. 1. Instructions are at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/HomeHealthQualityInits/Home-Health-Quality-Reporting-Reconsideration-and-Exception-and-Extension.html.
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Home Health & Hospice Week
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