A California home health agency and owner have agreed to a 20-year exclusion from Medicare after employing an excluded individual — but that wasn’t the only problem. Independence Home Healthcare Inc. (IHH) and Jose Vincente Perez have entered into a [...]
More than 70% of denied claims were due to F2F in a recent probe. Whether Medicare will make elimination of the physician narrative for face-to-face retroactive is a vital issue for many home health agencies, including those with claims reviewed [...]
More than 70% of denied claims due to F2F in recent probe. Whether Medicare will make elimination of the physician narrative for face-to-face retroactive is a vital issue for many home health agencies, including those with claims reviewed in a [...]
Question: What would be the better diagnosis code to use for a husband coming in to test for his Rh antibody status because his wife has had multiple miscarriages--V77.99 or V78.9? What is the correct procedure code for the lab [...]
Rh incompatibility can occur when the mother is Rh negative and the baby is Rh positive. Testing for Rh factor should take place early in the pregnancy; when an incompatibility is possible, the pregnancy will require careful monitoring. Testing for [...]
