Home Health & Hospice Week
New England Providers' M0175 Reprieve A Short One
Home health agencies served by Associated Hospital Service of Maine will get a break from M0175 pre-pay edits all right - for one short month. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said in its Oct. 24 instructions to regional home health intermediaries that "The Arkansas Part A Shared System is exempt from making the changes described." Those changes in Trans. No. 13 require RHHIs to implement pre-payment edits and annual post-payment audits recouping funds when agencies fail to mark a hospital stay in M0175. AHS currently operates under the APASS claims processing system, unlike the other three intermediaries, which use the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System. But AHS will switch to FISS in May 2004, a CMS official says, a mere month after the pre-pay edits for the OASIS item will take effect. That gives HHAs served by AHS exactly 30 days to enjoy their exempt status. And AHS will undertake retroactive recoupments the same as the rest of the RHHIs. In fact, its HHAs will be first in line for the takebacks (see "Reimbursement: M0175...." story).
Home Health & Hospice Week
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HHAs Scrap Collection Of Private-Pay OASIS
Lack of official instruction stalls action for some agencies. If it sounds too good to [...] - OASIS:
Decision To Drop Private-Pay OASIS Not A Simple One
Even if home health agencies are sure that dropping private-pay OASIS data collection is officially [...] - Enrollment:
Supplier Number Process Sputters Back To Life
A select few will begin receiving their supplier numbers soon. "Don't call us, we'll call you." [...] - Inherent Reasonableness:
IR Is On Its Way For Power Wheelchairs
Large slashes to Medicare payment rates are suppliers' worst nightmare - and they could be [...] - Reimbursement:
M0175 Corrections Might Work For You As Well As Against You
CMS mulls adding positive corrections for prior SNF and rehab stays. Takebacks for incorrect M0175 [...] - Regulations:
New England Providers' M0175 Reprieve A Short One
Home health agencies served by Associated Hospital Service of Maine will get a break from [...] - Industry Notes:
Rules For Terminated HHAs Brought In Line With PPS
PEPs come into play. Payments for Medicare patients don't necessarily stop when a provider terminates [...]
