[11/09/11]
Posted on November 9, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
Current regulations (42 C.F.R 424.510(e)(1),(2)) require providers and suppliers to agree to receive Medicare payments via Electronic Funds Transfer (“EFT”) at the time of enrollment, revalidation, change of Medicare contractors or submission of an enrollment change request. Additionally, the provider or supplier must submit a CMS-588 form to receive Medicare payment via EFT. Section 1104... READ MORE
Tags: ACA, bufford, cms, eft, electronic fund, jent, long term care, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, payment, revalidation, selby, transfer
[11/07/11]
Posted on November 7, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has reevaluated the revalidation requirements in the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), and believe the ACA allows for the extension of the revalidation period for an additional two years. This will extend the deadline for revalidation through March of 2015. Providers are reminded that if they have... READ MORE
Tags: 855, ACA, bufford, categories, cms, extend, extension, Home Health, Hospice, jent, Litigation and Risk Management, long term care, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, provider, revalidation, risk, screening, selby, supplier
[08/23/11]
Posted on August 23, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
The US Office of Management and Budget has approved the revised Medicare Provider-Supplier Enrollment Applications, the CMS-855 forms. These updates to the 2008 versions include multiple changes to comply with enhanced disclosure requirements. Such changes include: READ MORE
Tags: bufford, cms, cms-855, cms855, enrollment, Home Health, Hospice, i, jent, july, long term care, MAC, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, Medicare, multi-specialty, o, october, order, r, refer, revalidation, revised, s, screening, selby, services, single specialty
[08/10/11]
Posted on August 10, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
As of March 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented new screening criteria in the Medicare provider/supplier enrollment process. Newly enrolling and revalidating providers and suppliers are placed in one of three categories – limited, moderate, or high – each representing the level of risk to the Medicare program for that... READ MORE
Tags: 60 day, 6401a, ACA, accountable care, application, billing, bufford, categories, centers for medicare & medicaid, centers for medicare and medicaid, cms, deactivation, enrollment, fee, high, Home Health, Hospice, jent, limited, long term care, MAC, march, march 25, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, Medicare, medicare administrative contractor, moderate, pay.gov, pecos, process, provider, revalidation, risk, screening, selby, supplier
