tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 32

HHAs: Take A Tip From The Feds Regarding HHABNs

Telemonitoring exception is one plus for agencies.The clock is ticking toward the Sept. 1 effective date for Medicare's new home health advance beneficiary notices (HHABNs), and federal officials are scrambling to defuse a time bomb of confusion that persists regarding new requirements."Agencies have their hands full," as they wrestle for clarification on the questions that remain, says Judy Adams of LarsonAllen in Chapel Hill, NC.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the final HHABN instructions in the CMS manual system on Aug. 11. The new instructions completely replace the existing HHABN instructions in...

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