Optimal Reimbursement Strategies

The next CMS Open Door Forum will be held on 9/28/11, click on link for more info.

Home Health, Hospice & Durable Medical Equipment Open Door Forum Open Door Forums **Updated September 23, 2011- The next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum is scheduled for Wednesday, September 28, 2011 from 2pm-3pmET. This Forum is an audio only streaming web forum. Register for audio only streaming web forum before September 28th. To register for the forum, visit: https...

Palmetto GBA will be making changes to the password structure that will be allowed to access the DDE system on 9/11/11.

J11 DDE Password Changes This posting explains the DDE password changes affecting password changes made on and after September 11, 2011 for Jurisdiction 11 DDE users.

CMS has issued the Proposed Home Health PPS Rate Update for 2012.

http://healthreform.kff.org/~/media/Files/KHS/docfinder/752011_cms_home_health_proposed_rule.pdf

Palmetto has been calculating Outliers incorrectly since 2010. See CMS' Medlearn Matters article for details.

http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/Downloads/MM7395.pdf