Medicare News and Rules For Therapists Newsletter

Medicare News and Rules

For Therapists

Welcome to Medicare News and Rules For Therapist page.. From this site you can access all of our published e-newsletters (formerly e-zines "Direction on Demand" )through the issue date link. We are also publishing the articles associated with individual topics, these can be accessed directly through the links below.

To view past editions of "Direction on Demand " e-zine use the following link.

Issue Date	News You Can Use.	Medical Review Activities	Tip of the Month:	Q&A
March 2010	CMS hold Part B claims for 14 days starting April 1st Exception process back	Results from J1 report for January: Top denial reasons Read Article	Legible Signatures CMS issues new guidelines Read Article	For SNF: Use of groups outside of observation period For Part B: Accurate reporting of units vs computer input
February 2010	Waiting for Congress and what to do in the meantime	CERT National Error Report for FY2009. Expect more denials! Read Article	Part 2 of the Cert Contractor denials and what you can do to reduce your risk. Read Article	For SNF: Lack of Progress and Quarterly Screenings For Part B: Recertifications and Progress notes
January 2010	The Caps Are Back Read Article	CERT Contractor Denials Read Article	Surviving a RAC Attack!	Use of the 59 modifier for CCI edits

Last updated July 26th 2010