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Posting Date: 01/25/2025

U5233

Avoiding/Correcting This Error Collect all insurance information from the beneficiary when admitted to your HHA. Talk to the beneficiary about insurance changes and check CWF before billing Medicare. Many times a claim will overlap an MAO [...]

Posting Date: 01/25/2025

U5113

Avoiding/Correcting This Error The 8xB (NOTR) transaction should only be submitted when the beneficiary revokes the hospice benefit or is discharged alive and there is no final claim in the system indicating termination of the hospice benefit. [...]

Posting Date: 01/25/2025

31644

Avoiding/Correcting This Error Hospice room and board denials should be submitted as non-covered charges with revenue code 0659, HCPCS A9270, and the ‘GY’ modifier. Review the information submitted on your claim, correct, and resubmit.

Posting Date: 01/25/2025

U523A

Avoiding/Correcting This Error This reason code is a notification to the provider of a VBID patient. For more information, including calendar-year specific downloadable lists of service area PBPs and contact information, please refer to the [...]

Posting Date: 01/25/2025

17729

Avoiding/Correcting This Error This edit is applied if the NPI and first four letters of the physician’s last name submitted on the claim in the Attending field do not match the physician’s NPI and first four letters of the physician’s last [...]

Posting Date: 01/25/2025

17730

Avoiding/Correcting This Error This edit is applied if the NPI and first four letters of the physician’s last name submitted on the claim in the Referring field do not match the physician’s NPI and first four letters of the physician’s last [...]

Posting Date: 01/25/2025

39929

Avoiding/Correcting This Error Verify the line level rejection information to determine the rejection for each of the lines of the claim in question. Providers can see line details in NGSConnex and hover over the line item reason code(s) for [...]

Posting Date: 01/25/2025

32072

Avoiding/Correcting This Error The attending physician reported on your claim must be active in PECOS to be considered a valid attending physician for the home health patient.

Posting Date: 01/25/2025

37236

Avoiding/Correcting This Error Verify eligibility of the attending/ordering physicians in PECOS. Print that verification and make it part of the medical record. If applicable, submit a reopen request to the Appeals Department indicating error [...]

Posting Date: 01/25/2025

55H1L

Avoiding/Correcting This Error Clinical progress notes should show evidence of a steady decline or downward trajectory in the beneficiary’s clinical status over time. Documentation should be objective, measurable and must support a life [...]

Posting Date: 01/25/2025

55H1R

Avoiding/Correcting This Error Review coverage and billing guidelines for the NOE to ensure that your NOEs are accurately billed. Related Content CMS IOM Publication 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 9, Section [...]

Posting Date: 01/27/2025

Frequently Asked Questions Have Been Reviewed and Updated

Frequently Asked Questions Have Been Reviewed and Updated We’ve reviewed and updated our educational FAQs. Visit our Help and FAQs page located within the Education section of our website. Topics available are: ASCA Appeals CAR T-cell [...]

Posting Date: 01/25/2025

Overpayment: How Should I Respond?

Table of Contents Overpayment: How Should I Respond? What Action Should I Take? Complete a Voluntary Refund Where Should I Send my Forms and Payments? [Return to Top] Overpayment: How Should I Respond? An overpayment may be [...]

Posting Date: 01/25/2025

Request an Immediate Recoupment

National Government Services has implemented a standardized “immediate recoupment” process that gives you the option to avoid interest from accruing on claims overpayments when the debt is recouped in full prior to or by the 30th day from the [...]

Posting Date: 01/25/2025

Complete a Voluntary Refund

A voluntary refund is when you have self-identified you have been overpaid and you need to refund the excess funds to Medicare. All checks are made payable to National Government Services. Whenever possible, the refund to Medicare should be [...]

Posting Date: 01/25/2025

Set Up an Extended Repayment Schedule

If repaying an overpayment would constitute a “hardship” on the provider, a request for an ERS should be submitted immediately. While you may request an ERS at any time during the debt-collection process, timely submission of a valid request [...]

Posting Date: 12/19/2016

Payment Withholding Information

Payment Withholding Information What Is a Payment Withholding? Why Are Payments Withheld? Who Can I Contact for Further Assistance? What About Cost Report Interim and Final Settlement Withholdings? What Is a Payment Withholding? An [...]

Posting Date: 01/25/2025

MSP Post-Pay Adjustments

If you have received an overpayment because Medicare paid as the primary insurer and another insurance carrier should be the primary payer, follow the instructions on the Part A voluntary refund form. A separate refund form is needed for [...]

Posting Date: 12/19/2016

Refunds Due to Beneficiaries by Providers

Refunds Due to Beneficiaries by Providers In some situations, providers are responsible for refunding monies to beneficiaries that have paid for services providers have determined to be noncovered and nonpayable by Medicare. When an ABN has [...]

Posting Date: 01/27/2025

Credit Balance Reporting

Table of Contents What is a Credit Balance? What Should I Do When I Have a Credit Balance? Additional Tips for a Successful Credit Balance Report Submission [Return to Top] What is a Credit Balance? Generally, when a provider [...]