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Archive for January, 2010

Related / not related? Not a slam dunk.

Thursday, January 28th, 2010 by hpwilson

The last RAC Assistance for Hospice Newsletter alerted hospices to the fact that HealthDataInsights, the RAC for Region D, has received approval from CMS to review two hospice-related issues.   Given that we are all new at this and don’t know how it will impact hospices, here are some thoughts… (more…)

It’s starting…

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 by hpwilson

HealthDataInsights (HDI), the RAC for Region D, has posted two approved issues related to hospice. RACs must submit an issue to CMS for approval before it can conduct an automated (without a medical record) or complex (with a medical record) review. CMS has approved two issues related to hospice for HDI to begin reviewing in all of the states in Region D

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