tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 36

Long-Term Care: SNFs Struggling With New Supplier Contract Regs

Nursing homes can protect their interests without jumping through legal hoops.The newly promoted contract between skilled nursing facilities and suppliers is more than a regulatory headache: Simple agreements with suppliers and residents can help SNFs save thousands in fees paid unnecessarily to suppliers.The hitch: Since the start of consolidated billing, nursing homes have wrestled with how to coordinate services supplied by outside suppliers to SNF residents in Medicare-covered Part A stays. In the past, too many suppliers wound up providing services to covered residents without knowledge of the Part A status, putting nursing homes in the position...

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