Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

MAC Launches Pre-Pay Audit Of BG HIPPS Code Claims

Home health agencies in 13 states are about to have 100 claims reviewed in a prepayment audit by Palmetto GBA. Palmetto “will be performing pre-payment service-specific probe medical review on Home Health claims, utilizing the BG** HIPPS Codes, Early or Late Episodes,” the Medicare Administrative Contractor says in a new website post. “This probe is based on internal data analysis [...]
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