Correction to Determinations of Early vs. Later Episodes Under the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS)
This instruction requires the Common Working File to exclude episodes that were fully denied by medical review from determinations of whether an episode should be paid as "early" or "later." It also makes miscellaneous corrections and clarifications to HH billing manual instructions
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: May 16, 2008
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