Medical Billing & Collections
CMS recently announced changes to claim processing requirements that affect the use of Requests for Anticipated Payments (RAPs) for home health care claims, including changes to submission timelines and late …
CMS proposed a rule which would enable states to make payments to third parties on behalf of certain individual health care practitioners, including home care workers and personal care assistants. …
CMS has released the 2022 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) proposed rule. CMS is continuing to focus on value and quality in this proposed rule, instead of paying …
From Palmetto GBA: Home Health Agencies participating in Pre-Claim Review are having claims incorrectly returning with reason code 39621, indicating to remove the UTN. Agencies should not remove the UTN! …
CMS has released a new final rule that extends the term of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model through December 31, 2024 by adding an additional 3 performance …
Humana is shelling out $5.7 billion to take 100% ownership of Kindred at Home. Currently, Humana only controls 40% of Kindred at Home. Kindred’s home health operations will be combined …
Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, introduced legislation to expand access to PACE (Programs for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly). PACE is designed …
CMS announced that the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model has been certified for expansion through rulemaking beginning no sooner than Calendar Year 2022. The model, which has been implemented …
CMS announced new steps to increase the capacity of the American health care system to provide care to patients outside a traditional hospital setting amid a rising number of COVID-19 …
From CMS: “In early September, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Care Compare on Medicare.gov, which streamlines our eight original health care compare tools. Since then, you’ve …