Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
CMS Billing Cert Coming
Published on Wed Nov 16, 2011
Soon you can get billing certification from CMS. In early 2012, the agency will offer a billing certification program through its MLN education initiative, it says in a message to providers. "Learn about the Medicare Program with a special focus on Medicare Billing specific to your billing or provider type, and receive a certificate in Medicare Billing from CMS," the agency says.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Medical Review:
Beat One Top Denial Reason With 8 Tips
You should check for ADR'd claims daily. With medical review from government contractors and agencies [...] - OASIS:
Improve OASIS Accuracy -- And Your Rightful Reimbursement -- With 13 OASIS Basics
Watch out for these pitfalls. Is your OASIS assessment process costing your agency payment you [...] - OASIS:
Follow 7 Rules for OASIS Completion
OASIS expert Judy Adams with Adams Home Care Consulting in Chapel Hill, N.C. offers seven [...] - Hospice:
Beware Claims Denials For OBS Hospice Patients
Other claims getting caught up in edits include those for nursing home patients, vascular lymphoma, [...] - Hospice:
Beef Up Documentation For Dementia Patients With 8 Steps
The more objective measures you use, the better off you'll be in medical review. You'd [...] - Tool:
Try Using These Quantifiable Measures To Nail Your Terminal Diagnosis Documentation
Without objective evidence of your patient's decline, you are risking claims denials and your compliance [...] - Education:
Get Training On 2012 PPS, New HIPAA Requirements, And More
Prepare for the curveballs the prospective payment system update will throw you in the new [...] - Regulations:
F2F Clarifications To Ease Denials
If your claims were denied for these F2F errors, submit them for reopenings. Now you've [...] - Industry Notes:
CMS Adds One More Medical Review Burden
Your utilization may land you in new medical review crosshairs. You may receive even more [...] - Industry Notes:
DOJ Recovers $2.9B
The Departments of Health and Human Services and Justice have a lot of reasons to [...] - Industry Notes:
Beware 'Doc Fix' Cuts
Will Congress give home health agencies a lump of coal in their Christmas stockings? The [...] - Industry Notes:
Elderly Population Rises
Who will your client base be in coming years? You can look to a new [...] - Industry Notes:
Therapy Caps At $1,880
Caps for outpatient Part B therapy will be $1,880 in 2012, CMS reminds in a [...] - Industry Notes:
CMS Billing Cert Coming
Soon you can get billing certification from CMS. In early 2012, the agency will offer [...] - Industry Notes:
Docs Lack Hospice Info
You may have more doctors on your side than you think, if you're trying to [...] - Industry Notes:
Do This To Get Another RA
It won't do you any good to request a copy of a remittance advice if [...] - Industry Notes:
Catch New OIG Training
You can tune in to the OIG's website each week to watch a new video [...] - Industry Notes:
HHA Fraud Nets Jail Time
Participants involved in a home care scam are facing years of jail time. Miami-area physician [...] - Industry Notes:
Ohio Chain Makes Big Buy
An Ohio chain has made its biggest acquisition to date. Kenwood-based Home Care by Black [...]
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