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Licensure & Accreditation Documentation Hits More HHAs

Published on Tue Apr 27, 2010

Home health agencies served by Palmetto GBA were first out of the chute for a new licensure and accreditation check, but Cahaba GBA agencies aren't far behind. Cahaba sent letters to HHAs on April 20 requiring them to submit licensure information (if their state has licensure) and either a copy of their current state survey results or their current approved accreditation, Cahaba notes on its Web site. Palmetto sent out similar letters April 12 and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services confirmed in the April 14 Open Door Forum for home care providers that all HHAs will get the requests (see Eli's HCW, Vol. XIX, No. 16, p. 122). If HHAs fail to respond to the requests by the deadline, their Medicare billing privileges will be revoked, the intermediaries say. Cahaba's deadline is May 21 while Palmetto's is April 30. Watch out: Submitting just part of the documentation won't [...]
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