Medicare Credit Balance Report
What is Medicare credit balance? A Medicare credit balance represents a Medicare overpayment to a provider due to patient billing error or claims processing error that must…
Timely filing of Notice of Election
A hospice must file a Notice of Election (NOE) within five days after the beneficiary's hospice admission date. What is considered timely filing of an NOE?…
What is a MAC?
A Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) is a private health care insurer that has been awarded a geographic jurisdiction to process Medicare Part A and Part B…
How to Submit a Notice of Election
What is a Notice of Election? When a Medicare beneficiary elects hospice services, the hospice must complete an election notice with the beneficiary and file a…
Unusual Circumstances: Face to Face Encounters
Prior to the third hospice benefit period, and prior to each subsequent benefit period, a hospice physician or nurse practitioner is required to have a face…