tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 31

HOME HEALTH: CMS Says 2-Sheet Review Notices OK

... but providers better use carbonless paper to garner the required exception.New information about the expedited review notice requirement continues to flow, and the latest wave may make home health providers breathe a little easier.HHAs and hospices may put their generic, first-step expedited review notice on two separate sheets of paper, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services spokesperson Elizabeth Carmody said in a July 20 home health Open Door Forum that drew 325 callers. CMS Does About-Face With New Ruling The approval of a multi-page review notice is a change from CMS' earlier instructions to put the two-page...

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