This week’s Medicare updates include the release of FY 2017 Dialysis Facility Reports and End Stage Renal Disease Core Survey Materials; the Denial of Home Health Payments When Required Patient Assessment Is Not Received; a Quality Payment Program fact sheet, and more!
The Medicare Reporting and Returning of Self-Identified Overpayments final rule, which became effective March 14, is designed to implement Section 1128J(d) of the Social Security Act, which was established under Section 6402(a) of the Affordable Care Act, effective March 23, 2010.
The revenue cycle is a continuum, and each department and role within the cycle has to work in unison to be successful. If there’s a weak link, the entire system can quickly be in trouble. This handbook will help get everyone, from billers to clinicians, on the same page.
Advisory Board
Kimberly Anderwood Hoy Baker, JD Director of Medicare and Compliance
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