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| CMS Reevaluates Accelerated Payment Program and Suspends Advance Payment Program |
| From MLN Matters – Special Edition- On April 26, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is reevaluating the amounts that will be paid under its Accelerated Payment Program and suspending its Advance Payment Program to Part B suppliers effective immediately. The agency made this announcement following the successful payment of over $100 billion to health care providers and suppliers through these programs and in light of the $175 billion recently appropriated for health care provider relief payments |
CARES Act Provider Relief Fund
First posted April 13,2020 and pinned as top post. Removed pin April 24th.
If you see a payment appear in the checking account from HHS and do not know why. This is why….
Immediate infusion of $30 billion into healthcare system
Recognizing the importance of delivering funds in a fast and transparent manner, $30 billion is being distributed immediately – with payments arriving via direct deposit beginning April 10, 2020 – to eligible providers throughout the American healthcare system. These are payments, not loans, to healthcare providers, and will not need to be repaid.
- Providers will be paid via Automated Clearing House account information on file with UHG or the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
- The automatic payments will come to providers via Optum Bank with “HHSPAYMENT” as the payment description.
- Providers who normally receive a paper check for reimbursement from CMS, will receive a paper check in the mail for this payment as well, within the next few weeks.
- Within 30 days of receiving the payment, providers must sign an attestation confirming receipt of the funds and agreeing to the terms and conditions of payment. The portal for signing the attestation will be open the week of April 13, 2020, and will be linked on this page.
- HHS’ payment of this initial tranche of funds is conditioned on the healthcare provider’s acceptance of the Terms and Conditions – PDF, which acceptance must occur within 30 days of receipt of payment. Not returning the payment within 30 days of receipt will be viewed as acceptance of the Terms and Conditions. If a provider receives payment and does not wish to comply with these Terms and Conditions, the provider must do the following: contact HHS within 30 days of receipt of payment and then remit the full payment to HHS as instructed. Appropriate contact information will be provided soon.
Is this different than the CMS Accelerated and Advance Payment Program?
Yes. The CMS Accelerated and Advance Payment Program has delivered billions of dollars to healthcare providers to help ensure providers and suppliers have the resources needed to combat the pandemic. The CMS accelerated and advance payments are a loan that providers must pay back. Read more information from CMS.
To understand all of what this means and what you need to do, you must check out the CMS website.
CMS expands Telehealth codes
Part B News shared an article titled ” Telehealth expands: Find the full list of extra codes for COVID-19 crisis”. This article is dated April 6th. Thought it might be useful. Find it in the InK files.
New Medicare Card: HICN Claims Reject January 1, 2020
from CMS MLN Connects
Starting January 1, you must use Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers (MBIs) when billing Medicare regardless of the date of service:
- We will reject claims submitted with HICNs with a few exceptions
- We will reject all eligibility transactions submitted with Health Insurance Claim Numbers (HICNs)
See the MLN Matters Article to learn how to get and use MBIs.
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