Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

Watch For These Claims Adjustments

Mysterious underpayment corrections may be due to a fix HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA announced last month. The system incorrectly underpaid claims under the CWF edit U539Z, due to the Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) rate not being zeroed out prior to calling Pricer, Palmetto explains on its website. Now that a fix went in on Feb. 6, the MAC [...]
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