tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 44

Patient Education: Speed Up Status Updates With These Tips

A new missive from the feds helps clear up controversy about documentation You should have fewer headaches related to beneficiaries' low-income status in the coming months -- if you keep this tip sheet on hand. To clear up confusion about what constitutes acceptable documentation for a beneficiary's low-income status, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a related guidance on Nov. 1. "Part D plans must accept any one of the following forms of evidence from beneficiaries or pharmacists to make a change to a beneficiary's low-income status," says CMS' Chris Worrall: • A copy of...

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