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! …
The CARES Act, passed in March last year, included $175 billion in Provider Relief Funding (PRF). Lawmakers promised that these funds would be available to providers with no strings attached …
Providers struggling during the pandemic were given a critical lifeline from CMS in the form of Medicare advanced/accelerated payments last year. With so many things on your plate during these …
An important notice from the Massachusetts Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA) Contracting Department: CCA is following the guidance issued on January 22, 2021, by the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, for …
Part A, B and Home Health and Hospice providers that received a Medicare accelerated or advance payment are invited to join Palmetto GBA for an Accelerated and Advance Payment Refund …
An important update from Palmetto GBA: “On some claims, the submitted HIPPS code is not being replaced by the system-calculated code, when applicable. As stated in the Section 4.02 of …
The PEPPER Team has updated the maps that display the PEPPER retrieval rates for PEPPERs accessed via the PEPPER Resources Portal for each state/territory. Percentages reflect the PEPPER release that …
From HHS: Today, the Trump Administration, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is announcing it has completed review of Phase 3 applications from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) …
CMS is holding their next Open Door Forum for home health, hospice, and DME providers. The Open Door Forum will take place on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 PM at 2:00-3:00 …
CMS announced a new voluntary payment model: The Geographic Direct Contracting Model (Geo). Geo will test an approach to improving health outcomes and reducing the cost of care for Medicare …
