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Texas Providers – Review Choice Selection Period OPENS TODAY

Just a reminder for those providers in Texas who did not previously make a selection for RCD:  The Selection Period re-opened today.  The current Review Choice Selection period ends on 02/13/2020. Once this period ends you will be unable to change your choice until the next cycle (10/01/2020-10/14/2020).  Providers who do not make a selection

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Wellsky/Kinnser Users – Add Diagnosis Section

Please be aware that agencies utilizing Wellsky/Kinnser will need to determine which employees/users will have privileges to the Add Diagnosis Section in Kinnser.  Once users are identified, administrators will need to go into Reports/Admin – Users – select employee, then drop down under Edit select Roles, scroll down to Specific Rights – and check the

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Providers working with the VA – Please see attached information from NAHC

The National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) has recently received reports of home care and hospice providers facing challenges in working with the Veterans Health Administration (VA) following their transition of third-party administrator (TPA) from TriWest to Optum. As background, following the passage of the VA Mission Act, Optum was named the TPA

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Texas Review Choice Demonstration Update

Update 10/21/2019: CMS reschedules next phase of Home Health Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) To allow Home Health agencies to transition to the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), which becomes effective on January 1, 2020, CMS is rescheduling the implementation of the Home Health Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) for the remaining states of Texas, North Carolina, and

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CMS MLN Matters Number: SE18006 Reissued

PROVIDER ACTION NEEDED Use MBIs for all Medicare transactions. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) replaced the Social Security Number (SSN)-based Health Insurance Claim Numbers (HICNs) with the MBI and mailed new Medicare cards to all Medicare beneficiaries. The cards with MBIs offer better identity protection. With a few exceptions, Medicare will reject

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