tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 25

Regulations: CMS Backs Down On Transmission Of OASIS For RAP Billing

HHAs breathe sigh of relief over last-minute pull-back If you don't want to transmit OASIS data daily, you'll have to stick with locking OASIS data to achieve timely billing. That's the message of new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) billing instructions on the new OASIS reporting regulation. Before: In the May 24 Open Door Forum for home care providers, CMS officials said agencies would have to start submitting OASIS data for a patient before billing the request for anticipated payment (RAP) for the patient's episode. That brought loud protests from the industry, because home...

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