Industry Note:
Medicare Cracks Down On Transfer Prorations
Published on Fri Jan 10, 2014
You may see increased pushback from hospitals that had eluded proration of DRGs for patients discharged to home care. "A post-acute transfer edit in the Fiscal In-termediary Standard System (FISS) has been updated to add the home health agency CMS Certification Number (CCN) range XX9500 - XX9799," explains HH Medicare Administrative Contractor National Government Services in a message to providers. [...]