Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Industry Note:

Medicare Claims System Fix On Deck

A claims system correction should clear up returned and held claims due to an error in the July system update. The problem: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has identified two glitches, Home Health & Hospice Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA reports: Reason Code 31698 (Claims with a Type Of Bill [TOB] equal to 322 or any TOB [...]
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