Home Health & Hospice Week

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Palmetto Initiates Fix For Hospice Infusion Pump Claims

One more HHH Medicare Administra-tive Contractor has revealed its timeline for fixing holdups related to hospice claims containing infusion pumps. Take action: The fix requires MACs to override reason codes W7061 and W7072. “Pal-metto GBA implemented the override function on July 16, 2014,” the MAC reports. “Hospices can now resubmit (PF9) their returned claims for processing.” Reminder: MAC CGS already [...]
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