Industry Note:
Hold Your Hospice Vaccination Claims, MAC Advises
Published on Thu Dec 15, 2016
Hospices have one more billing headache to deal with, and a portion of claims to hold. The problem: “When the hospice bills a PPV/Medicare Pneumococcal/Influenza claim to Medicare and it approves, their monthly claim is Returned to Provider (RTP) with Reason Code U5601,” HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA says in a new post to its website. “The reason code [...]