Home Health & Hospice Week

Bone up on the Medicare cost report system’s new tracking feature via a recording or transcript at www.cms.gov/outreach-and-educationoutreachnpcnational-provider-calls-and-events/2020-07-09-cost-report. “Learn about updates to the Medicare Cost Report e-Filing (MCReF) system that allow tracking from submission through finalization,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services offers.

And the tracking feature may come in handy if you take advantage of the latest cost report filing extension CMS has offered. HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA is the most recent MAC to confirm that year-end cost reports have had their deadlines pushed once again. Originally the due date was moved from May 31 to July 31, and now it’s been bumped again to Aug. 31, Palmetto points out in a recent post.