Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

HETS Hospice Info Update Pushed Back

CMS still plans to get rid of the ELGA/ ELGH system for looking up patient eligibility this April, but getting the replacement HETS system up and running hasn’t been entirely smooth. For example: CMS is "postponing the im-plementation of the quarterly release of their HETS 270/271 system due to issues they encountered," reports HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA. CMS [...]
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