2019 Home Health & Hospice News and Articles Archive
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December 2019
- Provider Enrollment Application Fee Amount for CY 2020 – 12.31.19
- The January 2020 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 12.31.19
- January 2020 Home Health and Hospice Provider Contact Center (PCC) Training – 12.19.19
- January 2020 Release "Dark" Days for the Common Working File (CWF) Hosts – 12.17.19
- Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) Direct Data Entry (DDE) Screen Changes – 12.17.19
- Provider Education Message: HHAs: Avoid Payment Delays, Register for iQIES Now – 12.16.19
- Home Health PDGM Website Updates – 12.12.19
- Reminder: myCGS Status Button! – 12.12.19
- HHAs: Get Help Registering for iQIES by December 23 – 12.09.19
- Share Your Experience Today! – 12.05.19
- HHAs: Get Help Registering for iQIES by December 23 – 12.02.19
November 2019
- The December 2019 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 11.26.19
- HHAs: Avoid Payment Delays, Register for iQIES by December 23 – 11.26.19
- Livanta's Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for Healthcare Providers – 11.26.19
- Updated Home Health Documentation Tool – 11.26.19
- December 2019 Home Health and Hospice Provider Contact Center (PCC) Training – 11.26.19
- Reducing Home Health Errors for Reason Codes (RC) 38107 – 11.26.19
- HHAs: Avoid Payment Delays, Register for iQIES by December 23 – 11.21.19
- Update: Issue with Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Information –11.21.19
- New Medicare Card: Get Paid January 1, 2020 – Use MBIs Now – 11.19.19
- November 15, 2019 Deadline! Take Action Today and Recertify Your Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) Direct Data Entry (DDE) Access! – 11.12.19
- Home Health Face-to-Face Primary Reason for Home Care – 11.06.19
- Issue with Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Information – 11.06.19
- Protect Your Patients' Identities: Use the MBI Now! – 11.05.19
October 2019
- The November 2019 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 10.31.19
- Updated 2020 Amount in Controversy (AIC) for Administrative Law Judge Hearings or Federal District Court Appeals – 10.29.19
- New Medicare Card: Claim Reject Codes After January 1 – 10.29.19
- Maryland Nurse Practitioners and Home Health Providers: What You Need to Know! – 10.29.19
- UPDATE: Request for Anticipated Payment (RAP), Demand Letters – 10.28.19
- Is Your Vendor/Clearinghouse Submitting Your Claims with the MBI? – 10.22.19
- November 2019 Home Health and Hospice Provider Contact Center (PCC) Training – 10.22.19
- Do Not Delay! Recertify Your Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) Direct Data Entry (DDE) Access Today!!! – 10.17.19
- Update: Common Working File (CWF) Missing Beneficiary Eligibility Information – 10.15.19
- Medicare MBI Look-Up Tool Users – 10.15.19
- It's Time to Start Submitting Claims With the MBI – 10.15.19
- Medicare Credit Balance Quarterly Reminder – 10.15.19
- Request for Anticipated Payment (RAP) Demand Letters – 10.15.19
- Do Not Delay! Recertify Your Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) Direct Data Entry (DDE) Access Today!!! – 10.08.19
- Notify Us If You File Bankruptcy – 10.08.19
- Ohio Open Public LCD Discussion Meeting: Draft Local Coverage Determinations – Wednesday, October 30th, 2019 – 10.01.19
- Kentucky Open Public LCD Discussion Meeting: Draft Local Coverage Determinations – October 29th, 2019 – 10.01.19
September 2019
- The October 2019 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 09.30.19
- Attention: Complete the DDE PPTN Annual Recertification Form TODAY! – 09.26.19
- October 2019 Home Health and Hospice Provider Contact Center (PCC) Training – 09.26.19
- myCGS Registration and Password Tips – 09.26.19
- October 2019 Release "Dark Days" for the Common Working File (CWF) Hosts – 09.26.19
- Take Action Now: Home Health & Hospice Providers FISS DDE User ID Annual Recertification – 09.24.19
- If You Don't Have It, Get It, Then Use It! – 09.24.19
- Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) Direct Data Entry (DDE) Screen Changes – 09.17.19
- Updated Hospice Payment Rate Calculator – 09.12.19
- Take Action Now: Home Health & Hospice Providers FISS DDE User ID Annual Recertification – 09.10.19
- New Medicare Card: Open Door Forum – September 11 – 09.03.19
August 2019
- The September 2019 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 08.30.19
- Medicare MBI Look-Up Tool Users – 08.29.19
- New Hospice Occurrence Code 27 Calculator – 08.29.19
- Take Action Now: Home Health & Hospice Providers FISS DDE User ID Annual Recertification – 08.29.19
- September 2019 Home Health and Hospice Provider Contact Center (PCC) Training – 08.27.19
- Who Do You Contact With myCGS Log-in Issues? – 08.20.19
- Take Action Now: Home Health & Hospice Providers FISS DDE User ID Annual Recertification – 08.13.19
- No Longer Accepting Requests to Access CWF Eligibility Systems – 08.08.19
- CGS Resource for Submitting or Correcting Hospice Notices – 08.06.19
- Take Action Now: Part A Providers FISS DDE User ID Annual Recertification – 08.06.19
July 2019
- The August 2019 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 07.31.19
- New Customer Service Resource: How Do I…? – 07.30.19
- Common Working File (CWF) Dark Day for Annual History Archive – 07.30.19
- The Summer 2019 edition of the EDI Connection is now available – 07.29.19
- August 2019 Home Health and Hospice Provider Contact Center (PCC) Training – 07.23.19
- Is Your Vendor/Clearinghouse Submitting Your Claims with the MBI? – 07.23.19
- Take Action Now: Home Health & Hospice Providers FISS DDE User ID Annual Recertification – 07.23.19
- Take Action Now: Home Health & Hospice Providers FISS DDE User ID Annual Recertification – 07.16.19
- Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) Post Probe Education Call Request Timeliness Reminder – 07.16.19
- Medicare Credit Balance Quarterly Reminder – 07.16.19
- Take Action Now: Home Health & Hospice Providers FISS DDE User ID Annual Recertification – 07.09.19
- Upcoming myCGS Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) Look-Up Tool Outage – 07.03.19
- Take Action Now: Home Health & Hospice Providers FISS DDE User ID Annual Recertification – 07.02.19
June 2019
- The July 2019 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 06.28.19
- Hospice Sequential Billing Reminder: Reason Code 37402 – 06.25.19
- Upcoming myCGS Portal Outage – 06.25.19
- July 2019 HHH Provider Contact Center (PCC) Training – 06.25.19
- New FISS Reason Code Search and Resolution Feature – 06.25.19
- July 2019 Release "Dark Days" for the Common Working File (CWF) Hosts – 06.20.19
- Take Action Now: Hospice Providers FISS DDE User ID Annual Recertification – 06.18.19
- Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) Direct Data Entry (DDE) Screen Changes – 06.18.19
- New Home Health and Hospice Video Education – 06.18.19
- Upcoming myCGS Portal Outages – 06.18.19
- Fraud Alert: Genetic Testing Scam – 06.13.19
- Multijurisdictional Contractor Advisory Committee (CAC) Meeting Regarding Pharmacogenomics - Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 – 06.11.19
- Medicare MBI Look-Up Tool Outages – 06.11.19
- Update to CGS Home Health PDGM Web Page – 06.04.19
- Kentucky & Ohio Joint Onsite Open/Public Discussion/Meeting on Draft/Revised LCDs: Draft Local Coverage Determinations – Tuesday, June 18th, 2019 – 06.04.19
May 2019
- Billing Reminder: Claim Change Reason (Condition) Code D9 – 05.30.19
- The June 2019 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 05.30.19
- June 2019 Home Health and Hospice Provider Contact Center (PCC) Training – 05.28.19
- New Revised J15 DDE PPTN Application/Reactivation Form – 05.28.19
- Targeted Probe and Educate Progress Update – 05.16.19
- What to Expect When Enrolling – 05.16.19
- Medicare MBI Look-Up Tool Outages – 05.14.19
- Registering for myCGS? Check here first! – 05.14.19
- CMS Guidance for No Matching OASIS – 05.14.19
April 2019
- The May 2019 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 04.30.19
- Who to Contact for FISS DDE and myCGS Password Resets – 04.26.19
- Foot Care – 04.25.19
- May 2019 Home Health and Hospice Provider Contact Center (PCC) Training – 04.25.19
- Home Health Therapy Goals Reminder – 04.18.19
- Attention myCGS Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) Look-Up Tool Users – 04.16.19
- Code Migration in Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) – 04.11.19
- NEW Home Health Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) Web Page – 04.11.19
- myCGS Enhancement: Request for Anticipated Payment (RAP) Comparative Billing Report (CBR) for Home Health Agencies (HHAs) – 04.09.19
- myCGS Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) Look-Up Tool Outages – 04.02.19
- Medicare Credit Balance Quarterly Reminder – 04.02.19
March 2019
- The April 2019 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 03.29.19
- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Unavailable Saturday, April 27th – 03.28.19
- myCGS Additional Documentation Request (ADR) and General Questions – 03.26.19
- April 2019 Home Health and Hospice Provider Contact Center (PCC) Training – 03.26.19
- April 2019 Release "Dark Days" for the Common Working File (CWF) Hosts – 03.21.19
- myCGS Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) Look-Up Tool Outages – 03.21.19
- Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) Direct Data Entry (DDE) Screen Changes – 03.19.19
- Don't Forget to Log In! – 03.12.19
- New Targeted Probe & Educate (TPE) Resource – 03.07.19
- Process Improvements Based On Your 2018 MSI Survey Feedback! – 03.07.19
- Coming in March! – 03.05.19
- Recordings of Recent Hospice Webinars Now Available – 03.05.19
- New myCGS Status Button! – 03.05.19
- The Winter 2019 edition of the EDI Connection is now available – 03.01.19
February 2019
- The March 2019 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 02.28.19
- "New to myCGS" - Administrator Unlock Feature – 02.28.19
- March 2019 Home Health and Hospice Provider Contact Center (PCC) Training – 02.26.19
- CMS National Provider Compliance Conference Adding Clarity to Compliance – 02.21.19
- Hospice Notice of Termination/Revocation (NOTR) – 8XB Billing Reminders – 02.19.19
- Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) Will Host a Multi-jurisdictional Contractor Advisory Committee (CAC) via WebEx on March 20, 2019, 1-4 pm EST – 02.18.19
- Update to Value Code 85 – 02.12.19
- Reducing Home Health Errors for Reason Codes (RC) 38107 – 02.12.
- MLN Connects® for Thursday, February 7, 2019 – 02.07.19
- Home Health Rural Add-on Payments Based on County of Residence – 02.07.19
- Need a Duplicate Electronic Remittance or Claim Response Report? Online Ordering is Available and Easy with the EDI Report Request Tool! – 02.07.19
- February 2019 Home Health and Hospice Provider Contact Center (PCC) Training – 02.05.19
January 2019
- Targeted Probe and Educate Progress Update – 01.31.19
- The February 2019 Home Health and Hospice Medicare Bulletin is now available – 01.31.19
- CMS Home Health Condition of Participation Frequently Asked Questions Now Available – 01.29.19
- Provider Contact Center (PCC) Reminders – 01.29.19
- Kentucky and Ohio Joint Open Public Meeting: Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Development Discussion – February 12th, 2019 – 01.29.19
- Hospice Notice of Termination/Revocation (NOTR) Reminders – 01.17.19
- MSP Explanation Codes – 01.15.19
- Website Search Enhancements – 01.15.19
- Medicare Credit Balance Quarterly Reminder – 01.15.19
- Urgent Information for Home Health Providers: Advanced Directives – 01.15.19
- Webinar Physician Responsibility for Patient Care When Ordering Home Health Services – 01.11.19
- New Home Health Billing Requirement: Value Code 85 – 01.10.19
- Hospice Self-Determined Aggregate Cap Reminder – 01.03.19
- Untimely NOEs and Hospice Sequential Billing – 01.03.19
- New Value Code 85 Required on Home Health Claims – 01.03.19
- The acceptance of a voluntary refund as repayment for the claim specified in no way affects or limits the rights of the Federal Government, or any of its agencies or agents, to pursue any appropriate criminal, civil, or administrative remedies arising from or relating to these or any other claims. – 01.02.19