- Medical Review
- Medical Review Focus Areas
- Service Specific Post-Payment Audits of Home Health PDGM Bills
- Service Specific Post-Payment Audits for Hospice Length of Stay > 730 Days
- Service Specific Post Payment Review of Psychotherapy, 60 Minutes with Patient – CPT 90837
- Service Specific Post Payment Review of Ambulance Transport and Mileage When Billed With Modifiers RJ, JR, RG, GR, NJ, JN, NG, GN
- Service Specific Post-Payment Audits of Home Health Value Code 17 Bills
- Announcing Service Specific Post-Payment Audits of Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) Services for J6 A Regions: IL, WI, and MN
- Service Specific Post-Payment Medical Review Notice Home Health PDGM (Edit 5AAGP)
- Service Specific Post Payment Review of Botulinum Injection, onabotulinumtoxina, 1 Unit – CPT J0585
- Service Specific Post Payment Review of Floweramnioflo, 0.1 CC – CPT Q4177
- Service Specific Post Payment Review of Grafix Prime (CPT Q4133)
- Service Specific Post Payment Review of Nonemergency Ambulance Transport and Mileage
- Service Specific Post Payment Review - Hospice GIP Services Over 7 Days (5ANLP) for JK A Regions: NY/CT, MA, ME, NH/VT and RI
- Service Specific Post Payment Review of Home Health Homebound Criteria (Edit 5AAHP)
- Service Specific Post Payment Review of Fluoroscopic Guidance for Needle Placement - CPT 77002
- Service Specific Post Payment Review of Computed Tomography, Abdomen and Pelvis with Contrast Material(s) - CPT 74177
- Service Specific Post Payment Review of Darbepoetin Alfa Injection, 1 microgram (Non-ESRD Use)
- Service Specific Post Payment Review of Therapeutic Procedure, 1 or More Areas, Each 15 Minutes; Aquatic Therapy With Therapeutic Exercise – CPT 97113
- Service Specific Post Payment Medical Review Summary Results of Hospice Services with Length of Stay > 730 Days
- Service Specific Post Payment Medical Review Summary Results of Home Health Value Code 17 Bills
- Review Results For Service Specific Postpayment Review of Psychotherapy, 60 Minutes With Patient
- Service Specific Post-Payment Medical Review Notice Hospice with Length of Stay over 730 Days (Edit 5ANKP)
- Service Specific Post-Payment Audits of Hospice GIP Care, DOS 3/1/2020 and After
- Service Specific Post-Payment Audits of Home Health LUPA Claims
- Service Specific Post Payment Review of Debridement, Subcutaneous Tissue (Includes Epidermis and Dermis, If Performed); First 20 Square Centimeters or Less– CPT 11042
- Service Specific Post-Payment Review of Tangential Biopsy of Skin-Single Lesion CPT 11102 with Destruction-Premalignant Lesion-First Lesion CPT 17000
- Service Specific Post Payment Review Summary Results – Home Health PDGM Bills (Edit 5AAGP)
- Review Results for Service Specific Post-Payment Review of Artacent Wound, per Square Centimeter - CPT Q4169
- Review Results for Service Specific Post-Payment Review of Q4133 - Grafix Prime
- Announcing Service Specific Post-Payment Audits of Group Psychotherapy Services for J6 A Regions: IL, WI and MN
- Service Specific Post Payment Medical Review Summary Results of Hospice Services with GIP > 7 Days
- Service-Specific Postpayment Medical Review Summary Results of Home Health PDGM Bills
- Review Results for Service Specific Post-Payment Review of Hyaluronan or Derivative - CPT J7326
- Review Results for Service Specific Post Payment Review of Hyaluronan or Derivative – CPT J7327
- Review Results for Service Specific Post-Payment Review of Fluoroscopic Guidance for Needle Placement
- J6_B_Review Results for Service Specific Post-Payment Review of J0585 – Botulinum Injection, Onabotulinumtoxina
- Review Results for Service Specific Post-Payment Review of Computed Tomography, Abdomen And Pelvis; With Contrast Material(s)
- Review Results for Service Specific Post-Payment Review of Therapeutic Procedure, 1 or More Areas, Each 15 Minutes; Aquatic Therapy with Therapeutic Exercise - CPT 97113
- Review Results for Service Specific Post Payment Review of Floweramnioflo
- Review Results for Service Specific Postpayment Review of Tangential Biopsy of Skin; Single Lesion CPT 11102 with Destruction, Premalignant Lesion; First Lesion CPT 17000
- Review Results for Service Specific Post-Payment Review of Darbepoetin Alfa Injection (Non-ESRD Use)
- Service Specific Post-Payment Review Summary Results – Home Health Homebound Criteria (Edit 5AAHP)
- Service Specific Post-Payment Review Summary Results – Hospice GIP Services Greater than 7 Days (Edit 5ANLP)
- Service Specific Post Payment Medical Review Summary Results of Hospice Services with General Inpatient Care, Date of Service 3/1/2020 and After
- Service Specific Post Payment Medical Review Summary Results of Home Health Low Utilization Payment Adjustment Claims
- Announcing Service Specific Post-Payment Audits of Individual Psychotherapy Services for J6 A Regions: IL, WI and MN
- Review Results for Service Specific Post Payment Review of Debridement, Subcutaneous Tissue (Includes Epidermis and Dermis, if Performed); First 20 Square Centimeters or Less – CPT 11042
- Service Specific Post Payment Review of Artacent Wound, Per Square Centimeter - CPT Q4169
- Service Specific Post-Payment Audits of Hospice GIP Care
- Service Specific Post Payment Review of Hyaluronan or Derivative - HCPCS J7326, J7327
- Skilled Nursing Facility Education Center
Service Specific Post-Payment Audits for Hospice Length of Stay > 730 Days
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Service Specific Post-Payment Audits for Hospice Length of Stay > 730 Days
Please note: Some of the TPE reviews will involve claims that have already been processed (postpayment). The notification letter for postpayment TPE reviews will include a listing of all the claims being selected. TPE reviews that are being done for new claim submissions (prepayment) will include a notification letter followed by separate ADRs for each claim involved.
Prior to this restart of TPE reviews, NGS had been conducting service specific post payment reviews. Providers should continue responding to these service specific postpayment ADR requests that have already been issued. Providers are encouraged to review the Medical Review Focus Areas to learn about what services are being selected, what documentation will be requested, and more details on these service specific post-payment reviews.
Edit Reason Code: 5CSLP/5WSLP
Bill Type = 81X, 82X
Overview
When a claim is randomly selected for review, the provider will receive an ADR letter. We must receive the medical records necessary to support the billed services within 45 days of the date of the ADR letter. Failure to submit the requested documentation in a timely manner may result in denial of the billed service. All documentation must be legible and authenticated by an acceptable handwritten or electronic signature. We will issue results upon completion of the post-payment review and offer education as needed.
Documentation Requirements
- Notice of election/signed election statement by the beneficiary
- Initial and subsequent physician’s certifications, including applicable physician’s narrative summaries
- Interdisciplinary group notes
- Complete general inpatient medical records
- Hospice plan of care for beneficiary
- Nurses notes and initial assessment, if applicable
- Physician progress notes and orders
- All other caregiver notes
- Documentation to support all face-to-face encounters as of the 3rd benefit period.
- If there is an ABN on file, please include a copy of the signed and dated ABN of noncoverage to the beneficiary.
Related Content
- CMS IOM Publication 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 9, Coverage of Hospice Services Under Hospital Insurance
- CMS IOM Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 11, Processing Hospice Claims
Revised 1/25/2022
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