On March 16, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) issued a Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Matters article
that announced several technical changes to the Medicare Eligibility
and Entitlement, Benefit
Policy, and Claims
Processing manuals that impact skilled nursing facility (SNF)
services.
CMS states the “…changes
are intended only to correct various minor technical errors and omissions…to
clarify the existing content and no policy, or systems changes are
anticipated.”
The implementation and
effective date for these changes is posted as June 19, 2018.
The American Health Care Association (AHCA) has reviewed these documents and has identified that
some of the technical changes are related to recent regulatory revisions, and
other changes containing substantive detail that could impact SNF clinical
documentation and billing practices necessary to receive payment for SNF
services.
We strongly encourage providers to review and share theses updates with
appropriate clinical and billing staff prior to the June 19 implementation
date.
Click here for highlights from AHCA of several of the key changes in these Medicare policy manuals that are
substantive.
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