tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 32

HOME HEALTH: Physicians Must Know Home Health CPO

OIG will come down hard on facilities that don't instruct docs.Home health providers should not let the HHS Office of Inspector General scare referral sources away from billing for home health care plan oversight.Physicians can secure reimbursement for their home care and hospice-related supervision duties with the CPO billing codes G0181 and G0182. And the more they are compensated for their time, the more willing they may be to refer patients to home care services when appropriate.Sutter VNA & Hospice, an eight-location provider-based agency based in Emeryville, CA, is putting its CPO knowledge to its marketing...

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