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Posting Date: 01/13/2022
Billing the Home Health Notice of Admission via DDE
Billing the Home Health Notice of Admission via DDE Table of Contents Billing the Home Health Notice of Admission via DDE NOA Claim Page 1 NOA Claim Page 4 Notes Related Content [Return to Top] Billing the Home Health [...]
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Posting Date: 05/09/2022
Home Health Agency Transfer and Dispute Protocol
Home Health Agency Transfer and Dispute Protocol Specific protocol and steps must be followed prior to opening an admission period for a new patient. Step One: Verify the patient’s eligibility You must ensure the patient is not [...]
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Posting Date: 07/21/2022
Late Notice of Admission - The Exception Process
Late Notice of Admission - The Exception Process Table of Contents Timeliness of the NOA and the Penalty Requirements for Submission of the NOA Exception Process Canceling a Timely NOA to Correct an Error Reasons Not to Cancel an NOA [...]
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Posting Date: 05/09/2022
Home Health Transfers
Home Health Transfers Table of Contents Background What To Do As a Receiving HHA What To Do As the Initial HHA What To Do In Case of a Dispute Related Content [Return to Top] Background A home health transfer occurs when a [...]
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Posting Date: 02/26/2016
Reporting Home Health Periods with No Skilled Visits
Reporting Home Health Periods with No Skilled Visits Eligibility for the Medicare HH benefit requires that the beneficiary have a need for intermittent skilled nursing care, PT, SLP, or a continuing need for OT. The need for skilled care makes [...]
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Posting Date: 12/20/2016
Reporting Site of Service Codes for Home Health Care
Reporting Site of Service Codes for Home Health Care HH PPS claim payments are based on the site of the beneficiary’s care. In order for Medicare to accurately capture where home health services are provided, HHAs are required to report the [...]
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Posting Date: 04/11/2017
Billing G-Codes for Therapy and Skilled Nursing Services
Billing G-Codes for Therapy and Skilled Nursing Services Table of Contents Billing G-Codes for Therapy and Skilled Nursing Services What You Need to Know to Bill Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Language Pathology [...]
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Posting Date: 09/23/2015
Completing the Advance Beneficiary Notice for Home Health Agency Demand Claims
Completing the Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage for Home Health Agency Demand Claims The purpose of the ABN is to appropriately notify a Medicare beneficiary of services that the HHA believes Medicare will not cover. In order for the [...]
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