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CMS Proposes 5-State Prior Authorization Demonstration For Home Health

Published on Fri Feb 12, 2016

Don’t be surprised to see the program expand quickly. Expect to wait weeks for Medicare approval of a home health episode under a newly proposed prior authorization demonstration. In the Feb. 5 Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposes a demonstration in which its contractors would perform “prior authorization before processing claims for home health services in: [...]
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