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Posting Date: 04/27/2021
How to Obtain a Refund
How to Obtain a Refund A refund will only be granted in the following instances: The application fee was not required for the application submitted A hardship request was subsequently approved and a fee was paid An application was [...]
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Posting Date: 04/27/2021
How to Obtain a Refund
How to Obtain a Refund A refund will only be granted in the following instances: The application fee was not required for the application submitted A hardship request was subsequently approved and a fee was paid An application was [...]
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Posting Date: 10/28/2021
Other Audit Contractor ADRs
Other Audit Contractor Additional Development Requests Origins Facts Identification Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Recovery Auditor Contractors (RAC) [...]
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Posting Date: 07/18/2023
Medical Review: Targeted Probe and Educate Review Topics
Jurisdiction 6 HH+H Targeted Probe and Educate: Medical Review Topics Topic CPT Code(s) Common Denials Resources Home Health Services - Medical Necessity ICD-10 Z47-Z47.89 N/A 55H3V – The documentation did [...]
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Posting Date: 06/17/2025
Holding MSP Claims Receiving CWF Edit 6802
Certain MSP claims are incorrectly rejected against CWF edit 6802. On 4/24/2025, CMS directed MACs to hold all MSP claims editing with 6802 while CWF works to correct the issue.
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Posting Date: 10/15/2021
Home Health Referrals
Home Health Referrals Table of Contents Home Health Referrals Order for Home Health Services Documentation to Support Homebound Status Documentation to Support the Need for Skilled Services Documentation Regarding the Face-to-Face [...]
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Posting Date: 01/27/2015
Home Health Forms – Which is Required?
Home Health Forms – Which is Required? The Advance Beneficiary Notice/Home Health Change of Care Notice/Notice of Medicare Noncoverage Scenario ABN HHHCN NOMNC Patient met goals under the POC and is being [...]
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Posting Date: 06/07/2021
Eligibility Criteria for Face-to-Face Encounters
Eligibility Criteria for Face-to-Face Encounters National Government Services is reminding home health providers that a face-to-face encounter form is not adequate documentation to support that a face-to-face encounter occurred. [...]
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Posting Date: 02/08/2021
Wound Care Under the Medicare Home Health Benefit
Wound Care Under the Medicare Home Health Benefit Wound care treatment typically involves three skilled nursing interventions, which may be performed at the same time or separately from each other. The three services are: Performing the [...]
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Posting Date: 05/11/2020
Home Health Plans of Care: NPs, CNSs and PAs Allowed to Certify
Home Health Plans of Care: Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists and Physician Assistants Allowed to Certify Section 3708 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Pub. L. No. 116-136) amended sections [...]
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