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Sequestration-Related Claims Glitch May Be Behind Your Recent Takebacks

Published on Fri Jun 10, 2016

If you’ve been wondering why you received a rash of takebacks recently, a sequestrationrelated claims glitch might explain it. The problem: “Some home health and hospice claims with dates of services between April 1, 2016, and April 30, 2016, were processed without the 2 percent sequestration reduction,” HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor CGS says on its website. The solution: “The issue [...]
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