Reimbursement

Having trouble with Medicaid Application cases? You are not alone. Have the case number/s handy and contact Yvonne at Maximus. Office phone: 785-338-4917. Cell: 479-518-1672. Email yvonnercase@maximus.com. Please cc Rachel rachel@lwadingagekansas.org so we have a feel for volume and type of...

KDHE Division of Health Care Finance is offering Medicaid Training courses in Salina, KS on October 19, 2018. Registration is first-come, first served, and must be done using the attached registration form. All training sessions will...

Ziegler is conducting a 5-minute online hotline poll of CFOs in nonprofit senior living. LeadingAge Kansas member CFOs are requested to take the poll this week. Ziegler is a premier business partner of LeadingAge Kansas and is...

Skilled Nursing News featured a great article about the importance of analyzing your financial performance, especially when it comes to Accounts Receivable. Admissions and Business Office staff need to be up to date on...

There have been several questions recently about how to bill for SNF services relative to the benefit period waivers (commonly referred to as the "3-day stay" and "100 days" waivers). The Medicare Learning Network...

HHS is working to make payments in the second tranche to providers who bill Medicaid but do not bill Medicare.  The ultimate goal of these funds is to cover lost revenue and some expenditures.  But...

  CMS will host a Webcast on Tuesday, May 1st from 1:00 to 2:30 PM ET about their new Medicare Cost Report e-Filing System. During this webcast, learn how to use the Medicare Cost Report e-Filing...

Skilled Nursing News has a great article with tips for negotiating Medicare Advantage contracts. With the increase in Medicare Advantage plans being experienced, this is a good read for some ideas of how to...

The KDADS Web Apps have been down, and appears to be up again. Some of the bookmarks may no longer work. Go the KDADS website and then click on Web Apps to reset bookmarks. Questions? ...

KDHE has created this how-to video to help nursing home staff and families fill out an application for Medicaid coverage. It contains advice about what materials to include with the application to speed processing.

In case you haven’t heard, there continues to be pressure on Aetna to perform better for Kansas providers.  Read more here.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and Aetna has partnered with ABHKS for timely mental Health Tips. For more than 70 years, Americans have observed Mental Health Awareness during the month of May. This...