OASIS Alert
Coding:
MARK YOUR CALENDARS WITH THESE ESSENTIAL DATES
Published on Tue Oct 01, 2002
Don't let vital coding deadlines pass you by, or your competitors might leave you in their dust. To safeguard your agency against sneaky coding deadlines, mark the following dates on your calendars with a big red marker.
With everything that's going on the world of home health, it's easy to miss important dates in the coding arena. But letting a significant date slip by unnoticed can cause your agency major headaches not only might you miss out on reimbursement you deserve, but your slip-up could throw a wrench in the operations of your whole agency if you land out of compliance with federal rules.
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