Include These Items on Medicare Cost Reports or Risk Nonpayment
CMS is sending out notices reminding Medicare providers that certain documentation must be included with the submission of the cost report, or the report could be rejected causing a loss of revenue. These items...
Contact Our Reimbursement Consultant
Contact our contracted reimbursement consultant, Josh Johnson to schedule a virtual tour of the LeadingAge Kansas Medicaid Cost Report Navigator. It’s a treasure trove valuable information you can glean for your management team and board to...
Aetna Better Health of Kansas E-News
Read the latest Aetna Better Health of Kansas E-news.
2020 Medicare Part B Therapy Rate Calculator
2020 Medicare Part B therapy rate calculator is now available for LeadingAge members. You must be logged in with member access to view content on this page. The tool includes commonly used therapy procedure codes that...
Tips From Our Reimbursement Consultant Josh
2019 has been quite the year for all of us that operate skilled nursing homes. As the year end approaches, be sure to have all of your 2020 rates entered into your billing system. ...
New Medicare Numbers Required as of January 1, 2020
The transition from the old social security-based Medicare numbers to the new Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) ends next week. If providers do not use the MBI on claims (with only a few exceptions) starting...
Skilled Nursing Trends, 2012 – 2019
The Skilled Nursing Trends Report by NIC continues to highlight the occupancy mix and per day revenues for Skilled Operators. As operators, we must continue to operate as efficiently as possible, be accurate and complete in our...
Tidbits from Josh
PDPM has many more requirements for documentation, especially in comorbidities. Are you correctly capturing diagnosis and their appropriate documentation? Read through the article from McKnight’s to ensure that you are maximizing your reimbursement. Check...
Notes from Josh Johnson, Our Contract Reimbursement Consultant
As we are nearly into our second full month of PDPM – we are starting to see some data trends that are insightful. Check out this article in McKnight’s and see if there are...
New Medicaid Cost Report Navigator Available
We have finished compiling the data from the most recent (2018) Medicaid Nursing Facility cost report and have updated our Medicaid Cost Report Navigator. This tool is extremely useful in comparing performance from region to...
Friendly Reminders from Our Reimbursement Consultant
Here are several tidbits of info from our Reimbursement Consultant, Josh Johnson. Email him at reimbursement@leadingagekansas.org with questions.
PBJ for 7/1/2019 – 9/30/2019 is due by November 14th, 2019.
Medicare providers must start billing...
Snippets from Joshua Johnson, LeadingAge Kansas Reimbursement Consultant
We had the opportunity to visit with State Leadership last week to hear updates on the move from Maximus back to the State. Overall, we are very pleased with the results with driving...