Home Health & Hospice Week
Duplication Glitch Leads To Bogus Rejections For PCR Requests
Stand by for a solution to a new claims processing error in the Review Choice Demonstration. The problem: “Providers who utilize our eServices or EDI submission process have indicated that they are receiving error messages indicating that they have submitted a duplicate request” for pre-claim review, HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto PBA says on its website. “Upon investigation, we have found that the provider has not submitted twice. In some instances, our system has duplicated the request, then sent a rejection message to the provider indicating that the second submission is a duplicate,” Palmetto details. For now, agencies must hang tight. “We are actively working on a solution to correct the issue,” Palmetto pledges.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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Burdensome OASIS-E Changes Are Barreling Toward HHAs
Implementation will wait for COVID PHE’s end, CMS confirms. The OASIS-E deadline is still at [...] - Assessment:
Get Ready To Onboard These New OASIS Items
Your staff will need to get comfortable collecting Social Determinants of Health data. You’ve got [...] - Know Your Facts:
Watch For Diagnosis Coding Crackdown Ahead For Hospices
Plus: For-profit hospices continue to proliferate, to CMS’ apparent chagrin. Hospices have been able to [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
HH, Hospice Operations Manager Must Repay $4.7 Million
Kickbacks and sham medical directorships feature in egregious case. You don’t have to be an [...] - Labor Law:
OSHA COVID-19 Guidance About To Go From Advisory To Mandatory
Emergency temporary standard for COVID-19 in final stages of approval. As expected by many observers, [...] - Industry Notes:
HHS Puts Its Muscle Behind Vaccination Boosting Effort
VNA starts distributing vaccinations in major Texas city. Now that COVID vaccinations are becoming widely [...] - Industry Notes:
Beware CBSA/FIPS Claims System Error
A claims system glitch is giving home health agencies more work to obtain their rightful [...] - Industry Notes:
Keep Up With Latest Emergency Preparedness Guidance
You may feel like you’ve been living out your emergency preparedness plan for the past [...] - Industry Notes:
CMS Administrator Nom Still Stalled
More than three months into the Biden administration during a global pandemic, the President’s nominee [...] - Industry Notes:
Duplication Glitch Leads To Bogus Rejections For PCR Requests
Stand by for a solution to a new claims processing error in the Review Choice [...] - Industry Notes:
Telehealth Bill Aims To Help HHAs
Advocates for home health agencies are try, trying again to gain some equity regarding telehealth. [...] - Industry Notes:
Humana, Encompass Make Buys
The mergers and acquisition market continues to hum. Humana Inc. has agreed to acquire the [...] - Industry Notes:
Excluded Therapist Costs Agency
If you need a reminder of why you must check the HHS Office of Inspector [...]
