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Industry Notes:

Beware CBSA/FIPS Claims System Error

Published on Fri Apr 30, 2021

A claims system glitch is giving home health agencies more work to obtain their rightful reimbursement. The problem: “In 2021, certain [Core-Based Statistical Area] codes change from urban to rural designation. However, these select counties Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) codes were not added to the home health add-on table, causing the claims to Return to Provider (RTP) with reason [...]
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