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Posting Date: 01/29/2021
Appeals Process after Claims Correction or Denial
Appeals Process after Claims Correction or Denial CERT Process The CERT contractor randomly selects claims submitted to Medicare. Medical records are requested from the providers and then reviewed by health care professionals. The review is [...]
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Posting Date: 09/20/2022
Physical Therapy Services
Physical Therapy Services Insufficient Documentation Causes Most Improper Payments. Insufficient documentation means something was missing from the medical records. Below is a list of the most common reasons CERT determined there was [...]
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Posting Date: 05/18/2020
Home Prothrombin Time International Normalized Ratio Monitoring for Anticoagulation Management
Home Prothrombin Time International Normalized Ratio Monitoring for Anticoagulation Management Insufficient Documentation Causes Most Improper Payments. Insufficient documentation means that something was missing from the medical records. [...]
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Posting Date: 08/23/2021
Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing
Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing Insufficient Documentation Causes Most Improper Payments. Insufficient documentation means that something was missing from the medical records. Below is a list of the most common reasons CERT [...]
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Posting Date: 05/11/2021
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program Services
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program Services Insufficient Documentation Causes Most Improper Payments Insufficient documentation means that something was missing from the medical records. Below is a list of the most common reasons CERT [...]
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Posting Date: 11/04/2020
Patient Discharge Disposition Code
Patient Discharge Disposition Code Improper payments due to discharge disposition codes are costly to the Medicare Program and are easily preventable. The CERT contractor has issued errors related to the discharge disposition codes that may [...]
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Posting Date: 09/29/2020
Debridement Services
Debridement Services Insufficient documentation causes most improper payments. Insufficient documentation means that something was missing from the medical records. Below is a list of the most common reasons CERT determined there was [...]
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Posting Date: 09/24/2020
Chronic Care Management
Chronic Care Management Insufficient documentation causes most improper payments. Insufficient documentation means that something was missing from the medical records. Below is a list of the most common reasons CERT determined there was [...]
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Posting Date: 07/09/2020
Total Joint Arthroplasty
Total Joint Arthroplasty Insufficient documentation causes most improper payments. Insufficient documentation means that something was missing from the medical records. Providers can help prevent CERT errors on total joint arthroplasty by [...]
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Posting Date: 05/12/2020
Botulinum Toxin Injections for Chronic Headaches
Botulinum Toxin Injections for Chronic Headaches Insufficient documentation causes most improper payments. Insufficient documentation means that something was missing from the medical records. Below is a list of the most common reasons CERT [...]
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