ashley.roberts@nchmd.org
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Would someone be able to provide information that shows which date of service we should be billing on Home Health Certifications? Here are the certification periods for our patient in question as per the HH Agency:
2/12/2015-4/12/2015
4/13/2015-6/11/2015 (plan of care signed 6/1/2015)
6/1/2015-7/30/2015
The initial certification did have the face-to-face requirement met so we billed G0180 for date of service 2/12/2015. How would we bill the 4/13/2015 plan of treatment? There is not another face-to-face encounter that I am able to see. Is the date of service we should be billing 4/13/2015 or 6/1/2015 since that's the date the plan was signed? I cannot find any information that specifically states what date of service we should use on the claims. And, just to clarify, since we do not have a face-to-face for the 4/13 period do we bill G0179??
This has been an ongoing battle for my office! Any help would be greatly appreciated! Below are the references we were sent from Medicare, but it didn't explain the date of service issue.![Confused :confused: :confused:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
http://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverag...Ver=1&Date=&DocID=L29259&bc=iAAAAAgAAAAAAA==&
http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Edu...k-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE1219.pdf
2/12/2015-4/12/2015
4/13/2015-6/11/2015 (plan of care signed 6/1/2015)
6/1/2015-7/30/2015
The initial certification did have the face-to-face requirement met so we billed G0180 for date of service 2/12/2015. How would we bill the 4/13/2015 plan of treatment? There is not another face-to-face encounter that I am able to see. Is the date of service we should be billing 4/13/2015 or 6/1/2015 since that's the date the plan was signed? I cannot find any information that specifically states what date of service we should use on the claims. And, just to clarify, since we do not have a face-to-face for the 4/13 period do we bill G0179??
This has been an ongoing battle for my office! Any help would be greatly appreciated! Below are the references we were sent from Medicare, but it didn't explain the date of service issue.
http://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverag...Ver=1&Date=&DocID=L29259&bc=iAAAAAgAAAAAAA==&
http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Edu...k-MLN/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE1219.pdf