Veritus Medicare Services, a Medicare fiscal intermediary for Pennsylvania, has announced the provision of a Medicare 101 training “Fundamentals of Medicare Billing Workshop” and a new document on frequently asked questions about partial hospitalization programs.
Fundamentals of Medicare Billing Workshop
This workshop was developed for Community Mental Health Clinics, Outpatient Physical Therapy Facilities, and Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities and is offered to newly certified providers or providers with new billing staff. The workshop will deal with fundamental Medicare policies, programs, and procedures, but will concentrate on the basics of billing Medicare. The workshops are scheduled for December 8 in Camp Hill and December 15 in Pittsburgh. Registration information may be found at www.veritusmedicare.com/provider/medlearn/forms/opt_corf_cmhc_registration.html.Partial Hospitalization FAQs
New frequently asked questions (FAQs) have been published on the Veritus Medicare Services web site. They are available at www.veritusmedicare.com/provider/faq/partial_hospitalization_program.html.Questions such as those below are included in the FAQ.
- If 3 hours of treatment is required each day, one of those being psychotherapy (other than brief), what other services make up the remainder of the day?
- What is the required intensity of services for partial hospitalization programs?
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