Wiki Posting Allowables for Medicare Sequestration

[kwhite2008]

All-

I am reaching out to see if anyone else is adjusting their allowables because of a Medicare Sequestration adjustment.
When the ERA comes over, for an example, the allowable is $105.97 and the sequestration adjustment is $1.70, the sequestration is posting properly to the adjustment column but, the payment posters are then adjusting the allowable to be $104.27.
Is anyone else manually changing the allowables?
I am just reaching out to verify because our EMR vendor has asked why this is being done.

Thanks,

Kim

 

[shenell333@yahoo.com]

Hi

No, our payment posters are not changing the allowable amounts. They just make sure the Medicare Sequestration is adjusted properly. I hope this helps!

 

[jlopez6186]

You should not be adjusting the allowed. You should be adjusting the paid only by 2%. Your EMR company should definitely be on top of this. I hope this is helpful