Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Are you doing everything you can to boost your face-to-face compliance? It's no longer just your compliance record at stake over face-to-face compliance -- your hard-earned Medicare reimbursement is at risk too, thanks to new claims edits. Consider the following expert advice to improve your compliance with the regulatory requirement that's been in enforcement since April 1: 1. Keep educating. Even if you did an education push before the enforcement deadline, you still need to put more resources toward this effort. First, agencies need to educate themselves, recommends Barry Cargill with the Michigan Home Health Association. Make sure you're up to date on the frequently asked questions the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issues on its website, as well as other newly issued guidance. Then be sure to educate your referring physicians, counsels Beth Foster with the Ohio Council for Home Care and Hospice. For example, you can spell out [...]