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CMS Springs An Unpleasant Surprise On HHAs

Published on Mon Jun 20, 2016

Beneficiaries of home healthcare could soon face access issues. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants you to provide service even while awaiting MAC’s decision on Request for Anticipated Payment (RAP). The agency has decided to ignore forceful disapproval from within the home health industry and set up an incredibly short timeline for its implementation plan of the [...]
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