Responding to Reimbursement Cuts: Billing Non-Assigned and Other Options (An AAHomecare webinar)
Presented by: Jeff Baird, Brown & Fortunato
Wednesday, July 27, 2:30-4 p.m. EST
We now know what Medicare reimbursement is…and it is not pretty. The bottom line is that Medicare will pay as little as possible for DME. And yet, with 78 million baby boomers retiring at the rate of 10,000 per day, the demand for DME will dramatically increase.
This webinar will primarily focus on billing on a non-assigned basis. Specific issues to be addressed include:
- What does it mean to bill non-assigned?
- If the supplier bills an item non-assigned, then can the supplier set the price without limitations?
- Can a supplier bill a rental item non-assigned? If so, can the supplier demand a purchase price up front or is the supplier obligated to take rental payments from the patient?
- If the supplier bills non-assigned, then is it required to submit a claim for reimbursement on behalf of the patient?
- If a supplier is a non-contract supplier providing competitive bid products on a non-assigned basis in a CBA, must the supplier utilize an ABN?
- If a supplier provides products, on a non-assigned basis, to patients residing outside a CBA, must the supplier utilize an ABN?
- If a supplier provides a rental item on a non-assigned basis, and receives monthly rental payments from the patient, is one ABN at the beginning sufficient or must the supplier utilize an ABN every month?
In addition to non-assigned billing issues, the webinar will discuss other options for the supplier to lessen its dependence on Medicare fee-for-service.
Register here.
Price: Member: $FREE | Non-Member: $49.00
