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Expect A New Zip Code-Related Claims Edit, If OIG Gets Its Way

Published on Fri Jan 06, 2023

4% of home health claims in review lacked valid FIPS code. Home health access in rural areas is a real problem, as evidenced by recent MedPAC meeting discussions, among other things. But a new OIG report shies away from acknowledging that impact of the home health rural add-on phase-out. Recap: The Medicare home health rural add-on began at 10 percent, [...]
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