Archives: 2015, March
Home Care Diabetic Patients Under The Microscope
By Leslie Heagy, RN, COS-C / Posted on: March 24, 2015Palmetto GBA’s Local Coverage Determination (LCD- L35413) regarding monitoring glucose control in patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus was effective 12/30/14. The LCD contains specific requirements for Type II diabetic…
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Are Agencies Up to Date on Revalidation Requirements?
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: March 17, 2015All agencies must participate in the revalidation process. This requirement has been updated by the Change Request (CR) 9011 that was recently issued with an effective date of 05/15/15. This…
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Additional Development Request Checklist
By Leslie Heagy, RN, COS-C / Posted on: March 9, 2015Agencies continue to report receiving Additional Development Requests from their respective Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC). Unless your agency is one of the lucky few, you have experienced the anxiety first…
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Hospice Untimely NOE and CAP Self Reporting
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: March 3, 2015HOSPICE UNTIMELY NOE With the new timely filing deadline for the filing and acceptance of the Notice of Election (NOE) documents there are reimbursement issues that occur when those timely…
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