Tag: Partial payment
Audits: CMS makes concession to hospitals
September 5, 2014Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WASHINGTON - Could CMS's offer to hospitals to resolve certain appeals in exchange for timely partial payment be something the agency also extends to HME providers?Possibly, says Kim Brummett, senior director of regulatory affairs for AAHomecare, who has reached out to CMS to say, “Hey, what about us?”“We asked if this is a sign that we could do a settlement on the DME side, and they said, 'Absolutely,'” she said. “They need to see how this works. This is the easiest...