Reimbursement:
MAC Fails To Dock Hospitals For Post-Acute Transfers To Home Health
Published on Fri Jun 21, 2013
One Medicare contractor is on the hook for paying hospitals millions in error for patients discharged to home care. If you haven’t noticed changes in hospitals’ referral patterns for certain patients discharged to home health, maybe it’s because Medicare’s claims system isn’t working properly. Background: Under Medicare’s post acute transfer policy, hospitals’ DRG payments get prorated if they discharge-a patient [...]