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CMS bats down argument to correct inflation underestimation. The slight increase in hospices’ 2024 payment rates, as compared to the amount proposed back in March, isn’t going to be enough to stave off hard times for many hospices. So say industry representatives after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rule […]
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The payment rate was way up, while the HHA error rate was down. If you’re wondering how much review pressure your hospice is likely to encounter this year, Medicare’s recent Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) report may tell you. Hospices clocked in with a 12.04 percent improper payment rate for 2022, equaling an estimated $ 2.9 […]
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If the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) gets its way, lawmakers will require Medicare to reduce the hospice aggregate cap amount by 20 percent and freeze hospice payment rates for 2021. A 20 percent cap reduction would equal nearly 3 percent less in hospice payments. MedPAC Recommendations In its forthcoming March report to Congress, MedPAC will include […]
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Also, has anyone been experiencing very low reimbursement rates for out of network substance abuse treatment in Washington state through bcbs regence and premera?
Has anyone heard this before? Is it true?
your input is appreciated!
To assist in identifying the prescribed flow rate on the claim form, and to ensure appropriate use of modifiers in all cases based on the prescribed flow rate at rest (or at night or based on the average of the rate at rest and at night if applicable) in accordance with Federal regulations, the following three new pricing modifiers are added to the HCPCS file effective April 1, 2018:
1. QA – Prescribed amounts of stationary oxygen for daytime use while at rest and nighttime use differ and the average of the two amounts is less than 1 liter per minute (LPM)
2. QB – Prescribed amounts of stationary oxygen for daytime used while at rest and nighttime use differ and the average of the two amounts exceeds 4 liters per minute (LPM) and portable oxygen is prescribed
3. QR – Prescribed amounts of stationary oxygen for daytime use while at rest and nighttime use differ and the average of the two amounts is greater than 4 liters per minute (LPM)
Additionally, the existing QE, QF, and QG modifiers are revised to clarify that the prescribed flow rate at rest is used in accordance with regulations at 42 CFR 414.226(e)(3). This section instructs that if the prescribed flow rate is different for the patient at rest than for the patient at exercise, the flow rate for the patient at rest is used.
Effective April 1, 2018, these modifiers are revised to read:
1. QE – Prescribed amount of stationary oxygen while at rest is less than 1 liter per minute (LPM)
2. QF – Prescribed amount of stationary oxygen while at rest exceeds 4 liters per minute (LPM) and portable oxygen is prescribed
3. QG – Prescribed amount of stationary oxygen while at rest is greater than 4 liters per minute (LPM)
Thank you for any help you can give!
Jennifer Livingston CPC
St. Elizabeth’s Health Center