Initially mentioned in December and repeated in January; BCBSM has announced big changes for the way DME claims will process. With the changes indicated as effective March 1st, 2018, below are some highlights and our open list of questions.
DME...
CMS released their annual update to Beneficiary premium, copay, and deductible rates for 2018.
Here’s what we learned:
Copay continues to be 20%.
2018 Deductible amount will continue to be $183.00 a year, same as last year.
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Medicare Plus Blue Changes in Michigan effective Jan 1, 2018
Action Items? YES
Bottom line: Blue Cross of Michigan is contracting with Northwood to manage their Medicare Plus Blue DME benefits starting Jan 1, 2018; and you may have an action...
Attention Medicare Providers:
We have been alerted to an issue by several of your peers regarding an issue with QMB Claims processing that will affect claims from October 2nd until December 8th.
Details: If you had claims that were processed...
Just a quick ShoutOut as we wrap up today to Apria & Home Reach for getting the new DMERC CMN forms into Universal Support so that we can get those updated for everyone. We appreciate it!
If you had that on your to do list, cross it off and...
Everything you need to know about the Medicare MBI Change starting April 2018
What’s going on? Medicare is finally re-issuing Medicare Cards that don’t contain Social Security Numbers to their beneficiaries. For the rest of this post we will...
Yesterday we hosted the Sneak Peek for HDMS v3.18 which is now publicly released. Yes, it's here! As usual, me and the Universal Team were overjoyed by the insightful questions & comments that come from our talented group of Clients &...
Universal Software Solutions, Inc., (USSI) has announced the release of HDMS Scheduler in December 3.18. This tool brings increased interoperability between departments where existing applications often create division.
The product was created to...
New feature unifies clinical and DME staff inside one calendar application
DAVISON, Mich., November 6, 2017 (Newswire.com)
Universal Software Solutions, Inc. (USSI), a leading provider of practice management solutions for the home...
In case you miss out July Webinar On HDMS Patient Outreach, you can view it here: HDMS Patient Outreach Services Webinar July 19 2017
