Medicare has temporarily suspended the 2% Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012 for dates of service starting May 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020. Please make sure your EMR/EHR systems are allowing for the extra 2% in Medicare monies. For more information, please visit https://www.cms.gov/outreach-and-educationoutreachffsprovpartprogprovider-partnership-email-archive/2020-04-10-mlnc-se#_Toc37418832 For medical billing consultation and services visit our services page: HHS […]
CMS issued a NCCI edit stating that any PT or OT evaluation along with CPT codes 97530 and 97150 would be subject to deny as of January 1, 2020 if performed together on the same treatment day. In late February of 2020, CMS retracted this NCCI edit and issued a statement to outpatient therapy providers […]
The importance of cybersecurity has become increasingly prevalent in media, conversations, and business. Major software companies have been hit with fines from breaches and millions of users data has been exposed illegally. This year marks the 15th anniversary of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Here at HHS Solutions, we have pooled together some resources that we […]
This new year brings many changes to our Medicare program. Everyone needs to be looking for and educating all your residents and families that Medicare will be issuing new Medicare cards beginning April 1, 2018. These new cards will not display any social security number as they will be a random number derived from the […]
As of right now, there is no exception process for therapy billing when the patient is over the 2018 cap of $2010. This cap is for PT & ST combined, and then that amount for OT. Congress has not passed anything to allow any KX to be used on our claims. All must keep up […]
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Today, June 14, is Flag Day! Back in 1777 the Grand Union flag was replaced by a new design by Congress. The new flag featured the iconic 13 stars arranged in a circle on a blue background with 13 red and white stripes. These stars and stripes represented the number of states at the time […]
A massive computer virus called WannaCry has infected thousands of computers worldwide as of last week. What makes WannaCry distinct is that it does not need to have users click on a link for it to infect your machine. Some security researchers are pointing the source of the virus to the Shadow Broker’s leak of […]
[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsms_text] Beware of Email Attachments We received an email this morning from what looking like a person wanting to apply for a position within our company. It is not out of the norm to receive legitimate emails from open job positions. What made this email stand out is that it did not specify the […]
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