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It's essential to know how to correctly submit your Medicare claims in order to get the reimbursement your facility deserves. Billing Alert for Long-Term Care provides the crucial tips and strategies that billers need for success.

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Billing Alert for Long-Term Care

Issue 12, December 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• How to bill Medicare for residents' flu and pneumonia shots

  It's flu season again, and this year it brings a new federal requirement that skilled nursing...

• 2006 edition of Medicare handbook includes Part D education

  Need a basic refresher on Medicare? CMS has published its 2006 edition of Medicare & You, which...

• BALTC Q&A

  Editor's note: "Q&A" was written by Lee Heinbaugh, a consultant with PMG, LLC, a long-term care...

Issue 11, November 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Five sure-fire ways to help collect your facility's accounts receivable

  Managing your accounts receivable (A/R) is crucial to your skilled nursing facility's (SNF...

• Coping with hurricane disasters: CMS relaxes the rules for SNFs

  In an effort to ensure that the elderly who were forced to evacuate by hurricanes Katrina and Rita...

• BALTC Q&A

  Q: We have read everything we can find about the new Medicare Part D drug benefit, but the date by...

Issue 10, October 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• CMS provides help to answer your expedited determination questions

  If you have unanswered questions about CMS' new notices for residents whose Medicare coverage is...

• What you need to know to sort out the rules of consolidated billing

  Although consolidated billing has been in effect in nursing homes for seven years, the rules are...

Issue 9, September 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• What's in, what's out with the SNF PPS final rule

  In late July, CMS published the final rule establishing skilled nursing facility (SNF) Medicare...

Issue 8, August 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Two-step notification process tells residents of Medicare termination

  Starting July 1, skilled nursing facilities (SNF) began using a different expedited review process...

• New appeals process could affect blood glucose testing claims

  Changes to the Medicare claims appeals process may make it easier for nursing homes to challenge a...

Issue 7, July 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Don't wait: It's time to obtain your NPI

  It's time to apply for your national provider identifier (NPI), the 10-digit number that will...

• Know the basics of adjustment claims

  In a perfect world, you would never need to adjust a claim. But humans are imperfect and...

• Industry analysts huddle over payment changes

  CMS released the proposed rule for skilled nursing facility (SNF) payment rates for fiscal year...

Issue 6, June 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Find out whether billing medical supplies is right for your facility

  Deciding whether your skilled nursing facility (SNF) should bill for Medicare Part B medical...

• CMS says SNFs must submit no-pay bills indefinitely

  Providers should continue to file no-pay bills indefinitely for residents who no longer qualify for...

Issue 5, May 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Get ready: New appeals process will affect billers, help providers

  The long-awaited changes to streamline the Medicare claims appeals process will begin rolling out...

• Climb the biller's ladder to success

  Many long-term care companies have a series of jobs to which billers can aspire, including business...

Issue 4, April 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Make sure physician certifications support all your medicare claims

  Even the most accomplished individual must remember the basics. It is as important for the virtuoso...

• Keep your SNF cool: Pay heed to these 2005 OIG hot spots

  Quick quiz: The federal Office of Inspector General (OIG) is focusing on which trouble spots of...

• BALTC Q&A

  "Q&A" was written by Lee Heinbaugh, consultant with PMG, LLC, a long-term care consulting company...

Issue 3, March 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Use no-pay bills to tell the Medicare benefit story

  On the face of it, a no-pay bill can seem absurd. Why, after all, would you bill for something when...

• Billing-office personnel salaries are at bottom on 2004-2005 survey

  The typical salary of a billing-office employee is in the $25,000-$32,000 range, the lowest among...

Issue 2, February 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Take time now for cost reports

  Editor's note: The following is from Medicare Cost Reports Made Easy: A Do-It-Yourself Guide for...

• New ways to avoid consolidated billing headaches

  CMS tackled consolidated billing issues once again, following up on the controversial Transmittal...

Issue 1, January 1, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Use your cost report to recover bad debt from Medicare

  Bad debt is a fact of life at even the best-run skilled nursing facilities (SNF). No matter how...

• When Medicare doesn't cover, consider using this handy form

  A resident's family insists on having a wheelchair van to take the resident to physician...