Home Health & Hospice Week
Hundreds Of Home Care Providers Risk Billing Status
Hundreds of Fiscal Intermediary Standard System Direct Data Entry users were poised to have their FISS DDE access cut off on the eve of the Sept. 30 deadline to recertify their User IDs. HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor CGS said in a Sept. 21 email to providers that “only 2,389 users out of 3,466 home health and hospice FISS DDE users” had been recertified at that time. That was up a few hundred recerts as compared to a Sept. 12 message (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. XXVI, No. 33). Reminder: “Failure to recertify your FISS DDE access will result in the termination of your DDE User ID. This may cause untimely filing of your hospice Notices of Election (NOEs) and an exception may not be granted,” CGS told hospices.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Medical Review:
Respond To ADRs — Or Else, CMS Warns
Targeted Probe & Educate is about to make ADR responses critical to your survival. Non-responses [...] - Billing:
How To Check For An ADR
Tip: Check FISS Page 07 for the due date. If you have been relying on [...] - Reimbursement:
Fight Off Non-Response Denials With These 9 Pointers
A must: Track your response times. Are you in the mood to get put on [...] - Documentation:
Consult These ADR Documentation Tools
Compare your responses to these checklists. Responding to your ADRs will go a long way [...] - Hospice:
Submit Your Hospice Billing Corrections — Or Maybe Not
Critical questions remain unanswered. CMS has released instructions that will streamline the messy correction process [...] - Reimbursement:
Adjust Incorrect Hospice Pay With These Instructions
Tip: Don’t include transfer patients on your list. Hospices’ wait is over for an easier [...] - Industry Note:
Watch For Your TPE Letter
Halloween isn’t the only scary thing happening in October. The weather might have been feeling [...] - Industry Note:
OASIS Waiver Granted In Puerto Rico, USVI
In a tragic scenario that has become all too familiar in recent weeks, HHS Secretary [...] - Industry Note:
Hundreds Of Home Care Providers Risk Billing Status
Hundreds of Fiscal Intermediary Standard System Direct Data Entry users were poised to have their [...] - Industry Note:
Submit Your Medicare Reform Ideas By Nov. 20
The change in presidential administrations may give you a chance to offer big-picture suggestions to [...] - Industry Note:
Ohio Couple Receives Prison Sentences For HH Fraud
A couple who owned Columbus Home Health Care Services in Ohio has been sentenced to [...] - Industry Note:
Texas Post-Acute Chain Plans Growth
Plano, Texas-based LifeCare Home Health has acquired Texas chain Beyond Faith Homecare & Rehab, according [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare Releases New CCM Videos
Check out new Chronic Care Management resources, including 30-second animated videos explaining CCM to beneficiaries [...]
