The industry has fought back and won again, relief starting for rural care reimbursement rates goes into effect June 1st, 2018. This comes as a victory for citizens across the US in hardworking rural & non-contiguous areas, as their access to life sustaining healthcare & equipment has been unburdened. What this means for Providers: rates are reverting to pre-CBA rates for 6/1/2018 -...

      In a recently published MLN Matters, CMS releases info that they will be no longer requiring the KH modifier on purchased capped rental items & para/enteral services as of October 2018. This is indicated in CR10422. Does that mean they would expect only an 'RR' the first rental month, but still use KI's & KJ's in subsequent months? Stay tuned as we clarify and...

Shared by our DAC Region D chair, we see that CGS who is the DME MAC Contractor for Regions B & C offers billing instruction for Providers struggling with the new Medicare Oxygen Modifier topic. Our partners at DACD expect that Noridian will also release a clarification soon. NOTE: the change we see is that DME MACs have rescinded direction formerly give to Providers to advise that...

If you are using an API to pass information to or from HDMS and you're also a Waystar (formerly Zirmed) Client, you may have received an alert about a TLS migration earlier this month. We have some updates to share with those of you affected by this change: HDMS has been updated to use TLS 1.2 as required by PCI standards for secure communication. Deadline for TLS 1.2 compliance...

With only a few days remaining until changes take effect for Blue Cross of Michigan capped rentals, If you are a Blue Cross of Michigan Provider please review the information below and take action.        Prepare for Blue Cross of Michigan Capped Rental Rules Change! Unfamiliar with what's going on? Get the foundation here, then work toward step 3 :) Step 1: get...

Yesterday we hosted our monthly webinar, this month's focus was how to "Dig Deep into Denials". In case you missed it or want to review the written materials, access them here: Copy of presentation materials: Dig Deep Into Denials Or watch the recorded session with audio here.   ~Thanks to all of our collaborators & and attendees! Lisa

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. 

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 & Partners! If you attended, please know that we appreciate the time it takes out of your day to join us. Below you will find a copy of the...

In case you miss out July Webinar On HDMS Patient Outreach, you can view it here: HDMS Patient Outreach Services Webinar July 19 2017