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March 24, 2020

SNF Claims Incorrectly Cancelled

This article was previously published in the March 19, 2020 MLN ConnectsExternal PDF issue.

From January 26 through February 16, 2020, a software issue caused Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) claims to be incorrectly cancelled with a message that there was no three day qualifying hospital stay. This issue is corrected. If your claims were incorrectly cancelled, re-bill them in sequential order to receive payment.

Note:

  • Claims need to process in date of service order for each stay for the Variable Per Diem (VPD) to calculate correctly
  • Submit claims in sequence and wait at least 2 weeks before billing subsequent claims
  • Some of the affected claims with older dates of service will require a timely filing exception; enter "Resubmission due to non-qualifying stay" in the remarks field
  • This issue was not caused by the recent implementation of the SNF Patient Driven Payment Model
  • Contact the CGS Provider Contact Center at 1.866.590.6703 (Option 1) to receive the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) for deceased beneficiaries

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