28
Aug
stored in: Tim Rowan's Home Care Technology Report and tagged: Affordable Care Act (ACA) and payments, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and f2F documentation, F2F claims and physician education, F2F denials, F2F documentation and home health software, face to face (F2F) documentation, home healthcare and physician documentation, home healthcare claims, home healthcare reimbursement, Medicare claim denials, Medicare Fraud, physician practice software, Vendor News
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03
Apr
stored in: Tim Rowan's Home Care Technology Report and tagged: auditors, audits, claim denials, CMS, compliance, documentation, federal legislation and audits, fraud and abuse, home healthcare, home healthcare claims, hospital claims, Medicare Audit Improvement Act, Medicare billing, quotas, rural healthcare
What does it mean when more than three-quarters of payment denials handed down by Medicare contractors are voided by Administrative Law Judges when appealed? Our conclusion, based on interviews over the years with home health care consultants who specialize in walking agencies through the appeal process, is that auditors at the RHHI, MAC, ZPIC […]
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03
Apr
April 2013 Quarterly System Release – Claim Hold On April Fool’s Day, the first day federal payment cuts resulting from Congress’ failure to reach a budget compromise went into effect, CMS announced that the changes it made to its claims paying system rendered that system unable to properly process home health claims. It will […]
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