Stricter requirements governing retroactive billing, changes of address kicked in April 1.
By Chris Silva, AMNews staff. Posted April 20, 2009.
Washington -- Physician practices are anticipating major difficulties with Medicare enrollment rules that went into effect amid protests from doctors and practice managers. A wrong step by a practice could mean that it loses Medicare revenue or even gets kicked out of the program altogether.
Starting April 1, the time frame under which physicians can bill retroactively for services after successful enrollment or re-enrollment in Medicare has been shortened from 27 months to only 30 days. In addition, doctors must alert contractors of a change in practice location within 30 days, or risk expulsion from Medicare for up to two years.....
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