Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Industry Notes:

Review MAC Guidance Before Sending That AAP Request

If you plan on applying for the Change Healthcare/ Optum Payment Disruption (CHOPD) accelerated and advance payments via your Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), you may want to check with your MAC before sending your request (see article, p. 1). Why? As new information becomes available about the incident and as the federal response evolves, the MACs continue to make changes [...]
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