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BC of MI announces capped rental changes

Posted: 01/02/2018

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 Payment Policy Changes Capped rentals will move from 10 months to 13 months rental RUL for capped rentals moves from 3 years to 5 years ...

qUick reads: The Deductible Game

Posted: 01/02/2018

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. NOTEWORTHY: Deductibles will be applied broken up over two months, instead of one lump sum. What does that mean for you in HDMS? Nothing changes....

Medicare Plus Blue changes in Michigan eff 1/1/18: Providers read me!

Posted: 12/18/2017

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 item to take care of before then! Vocab: Blue Cross refers to their Medicare Advantage insurance product (Medicare Plus Blue) as MAPPO which stands for...

Medicare QMB Claims Processing Error- Action Required!

Posted: 12/07/2017

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 during this time, they may have received a new indicator that triggered Autoposting to post the payment, but reduce the claim line to zero by applying a...

New DMERC CMN forms received!

Posted: 12/05/2017

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 thank your friends listed above! Forms will be available shortly, we'll keep you updated.