Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Notes:

Be Sure Your Doc's NPI Info Matches PECOS, Or Risk Your Reimbursement

If you’re having trouble with PECOS edit-related claims denials, one MAC is offering a helping hand. “Billing transactions and adjustments for home health services will deny if the attending and certifying physician National Provider Identifier (NPI) and name do not exactly match the NPI and the name that is on the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) file,” warns [...]
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