Home Health & Hospice Week

Notice of Election submissions are confusing enough, but a new claims system glitch will make them even more so.

“Some hospice [NOEs] are posting the election to the Common Working File, but then Return to Provider (RTP) with reason code U5106,” reports HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA on its claims processing log.

The good news is that “the returned NOE involved with this issue will not affect sequential claims from processing” and “providers may submit sequential claims as normal,” Palmetto says.