CMS Proposes Prior Authorization Demonstration Project for Home Health

February 25, 2016
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Rick Gawenda
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing to implement a Medicare demonstration project, which they believe will help assist in developing improved procedures for the identification, investigation, and prosecution of Medicare fraud occurring among Home Health Agencies (HHAs) providing services to Medicare beneficiaries.

This demonstration would help assure that payments for home health services are appropriate before the claims are paid, thereby preventing fraud, waste, and abuse. As part of this demonstration, CMS proposes performing prior authorization before processing claims for home health services in: Florida, Texas, Illinois, Michigan, and Massachusetts. CMS would establish a prior authorization procedure that is similar to the Prior Authorization of Power Mobility Device (PMD) Demonstration, which was implemented by CMS in 2012. This demonstration would also follow and adopt prior authorization processes that currently exist in other health care programs such as TRICARE, certain state Medicaid programs, and in private insurance.

Comments on the proposal must be received by April 5, 2016. To view the proposal, click HERE.


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