Home Health & Hospice Week
Match Up Incarcerated Beneficiary Checks With Paperwork.
HHH Medicare Administrative Con-tractor National Government Services has finally begun to process refund checks for errors related to incarcerated beneficiaries. The MAC “will be disbursing them soon,” it says in a message to providers.
Providers can expect to see refund checks sent alone to start with. Then a few days after check disbursement, a letter and spreadsheet explaining which ARs were involved will follow.
Do this: “Use the letter and spreadsheet to satisfy outstanding debts due to this issue,” NGS instructs. “Compare and verify all information in your books against the spreadsheet. Be sure to compare and verify old overpay requests received.”
“Due to the high-volume impact of this issue, we request providers complete the above steps and have your information organized before calling our Provider Contact Center with questions,” NGS concludes.
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