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• What’s New in Reporting Period 2 Fact Sheet
• Lost Revenues Guide (updated for RP2)

• PRF Reporting Resources Page

• PRF Reporting Portal

• Examples of allowable expenses for Provider Relief Funds(PDF - 122 KB)
• Personnel Recruitment and Retention Fact Sheet(PDF - 129 KB)
• Phase 4 Payment Methodology
• Frequently Asked Questions
  • Reporting Specific
  • Portal Specific
• Provider Support Line at (866) 569-3522 for TTY dial 711. Hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. CT, Monday thru Friday
  
  

• Revised HQRP Public Reporting Tip Sheet and HQRP Compliance Tip Sheet

• Aetna Medicare Premier HMO/POS (Many counties throughout Ohio)
  • Clinical and Patient Support Contract: Alena Baquet-Simpson
  • Email: axsimpson@cvshealth.com
  • 954-858-3382
• Humana Cleveland Clinic Preferred HMO (Northeast Ohio)
  • Clinical and Patient Support Contact: Humana’s Hospice Clinical Team
  • Email: HHCT_Support@humana.com
  • Phone: 800-950-1071
  • More Information: https://www.humana.com/hospice

• Billing the Home Health Notice of Admission Job Aid
• Request for Anticipated Payment vs. Notice of Admission Comparison Chart
• Medicare Learning Network Article MM12256.  This is particularly useful in the explanation of how transition patients (those who begin services prior to January 1, 2022 and continue after January 1, 2022) should be treated in 2022

• HQRP: Requirements for the FY 2023 and Future FY Reporting Years
• HQRP: Quick Reference Guide
• HQRP Quarterly Update Q32021

          - December 9, 2021, at 2:00 p.m.

   Quarterly OASIS Q&As

   OASIS Section GG Training Series

• Course 1: Understanding Prior Functioning and Prior Device Use.
• Course 2: GG0130. Self-Care Items.
• Course 3: GG0170. Mobility Items.

• Hospice Terminal Prognosis: Renal Disease
• Hospice Terminal Prognosis: Liver Disease
• Hospice Terminal Prognosis: HIV Disease

-Fiscal Intermediary

   Medicare Billing for COVID-19 Vaccine Shot Administration Toolkit

   Updated CMS FAQs on Medicare FFS Billing to Administer Vaccines

• PPP Guidance from SBA Administrator Carranza on Accessing Capital for Minority, Underserved, Veteran, and Women-owned Business Concerns;
• Interim Final Rule on Paycheck Protection Program as Amended by Economic Aid Act; and
• Interim Final Rule on Second Draw PPP Loans.

• Webinar Slides: Reporting COVID-19 Vaccinations to ODH via Impact SIIS
• COVID-19 Data Reporting Frequently Asked Questions
• Target Population/Occupation Codes
• Impact SIIS Job Aids and Videos

• AMDA Monoclonal Antibody Eligibility Criteria Checklist
• List COVID-19 monoclonal antibody infusion billing codes, payment allowances and effective dates
• Monoclonal Antibody COVID-19 Infusion Program Instruction
• CMS COVID-19 Vaccine Provider Toolkit

• 5160-56-01 for hospice services: definitions was amended to include a “physician assistant” under the definition of an attending physician.  The physician assistant must meet the training, education, and other specifications of a licensed physician assistant in accordance with section 4730 of the Revised Code. PAs are prohibited from certifying or recertifying a terminal diagnosis. 
• 5160-1-18, which includes coverage for hospice care as eligible rendering and billing providers of telehealth services.  
• 5160-56-05 for hospice services: covered services was updated to include language that core and non-core hospice services may be provided through a of contracting services and telehealth services as necessary. 

• List COVID-19 monoclonal antibody infusion billing codes, payment allowances and effective dates
• Fact Sheet for Providers
• SNF Pharmacy Enforcement Discretion
• Monoclonal Antibody COVID-19 Infusion Program Instruction
• CMS COVID-19 Vaccine Provider Toolkit
  

• 5160-12-05 (reimbursement for home health services). The place of service code 02 will be used to indicate a visit was completed using telehealth.
• 5160-12-04 (home health and private duty nursing: visit policy). Language is added to include telehealth encounters as reimbursable home health or private duty nursing visits. 
• 5160-12-08 (registered nurse assessment and registered nurse consultation services). The rule would add “advance practice nurse or physician's assistant in accordance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, S.3548 (2020)” as a treating physician for development of the plan of care under Medicaid home health. This already is in place for Medicare home health services. ODM also proposed to allow use of telehealth to complete the registered nurse assessment.
• 5160-1-40 Electronic Visit Verification (EVV). The amendment would remove the requirements for individual visit verification of the start and end time and for new providers to complete EVV training before receiving their Medicaid provider numbers.

   DOL Revises FFCRA Regulations to Clarify Paid Leave Rules in Wake of New York Federal Court’s Decision (Littler)