Comments on: Audit Alert: Ambulance Services for Part A SNF Residents http://compliancenews.inhealthcare.com/flash/audit-alert-ambulance-services-for-part-a-snf-residents/ Your Weekly Guide to Stark, FCA, HIPAA, Audits & More Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:06:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Editor http://compliancenews.inhealthcare.com/flash/audit-alert-ambulance-services-for-part-a-snf-residents/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Editor Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:34:51 +0000 http://compliancenews.inhealthcare.com/?p=129#comment-5 Thanks, Janet. The OIG’s report does address the *100*-day stay issue, and it acknowledges there are lots of communication problems re: when patient goes from Part A to Part B, as you note. There has been so much kerfluffle on this topic, I’m going to post a some of the best billing and compliance tips from the Webinar on this blog. Stay tuned … Erin Lang Masercola, PhD, CPC Editor, InHealthcare.com Thanks, Janet. The OIG’s report does address the *100*-day stay issue, and it acknowledges there are lots of communication problems re: when patient goes from Part A to Part B, as you note.

There has been so much kerfluffle on this topic, I’m going to post a some of the best billing and compliance tips from the Webinar on this blog. Stay tuned …

Erin Lang Masercola, PhD, CPC
Editor, InHealthcare.com

]]> By: Janet Selover http://compliancenews.inhealthcare.com/flash/audit-alert-ambulance-services-for-part-a-snf-residents/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Janet Selover Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:50:20 +0000 http://compliancenews.inhealthcare.com/?p=129#comment-3 When doing the Wedinar, it would be helpful for you to address the 90 day stay issue. I think CMS is forgetting that after 90 days, the patient no longer has Medicare Part A and we are to bill Medicare Part B. We need to know how to address this and inform Medicare of this at the time of billing so they don't deny stating pt is in Part A stay. When doing the Wedinar, it would be helpful for you to address the 90 day stay issue. I think CMS is forgetting that after 90 days, the patient no longer has Medicare Part A and we are to bill Medicare Part B. We need to know how to address this and inform Medicare of this at the time of billing so they don’t deny stating pt is in Part A stay.

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