[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
[08/10/11]
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
