REIMBURSEMENT: HHAs--Get Ready Now To Avoid Payment Hold Problems This Fall
Try these 5 tips to avert a cash-flow crunch during the mandated hold.Now's the time to crank up your billing procedures for a nine-day Medicare payment drought hitting in September.Medicare will not pay any claims from Sept. 22 through Sept. 30, in accordance with the Deficit Reduction Act enacted in February, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) notes in a revised Medlearn Matters article about the hold.A break: Home health agencies (HHAs) will be better off than some providers, because the nine-day payment hold at the end of the government's fiscal year won't apply...
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