On June 26, CMS will release a national provider Comparative Billing Report (CBR) addressing Home Oxygen Services.
CBRs produced by SafeGuard Services under contract with CMS, contain actual data-driven tables and graphs with an explanation of findings that compare supplier's billing and payment patterns to those of their peers located in the state and across the nation. These reports are not available to anyone except the suppliers who receive them. To ensure privacy, CMS presents only summary billing information. No patient or case-specific data is included. These reports are an example of a tool that helps suppliers better understand applicable Medicare billing rules and improve the level of care they furnish to their Medicare patients. CMS has received feedback from a number of suppliers that this kind of data is very helpful to them and encouraged us to produce more CBRs and make them available to suppliers. For more information and to review a sample of the Home Oxygen Services CBR, please visit the CBR Services website<http://www.safeguard-servicesllc.com/cbr/default.asp>, or call the SafeGuard Services' Provider Help Desk, CBR Support Team at 530-896-7080. ________________________________ If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listserv, go to http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/downloads//MailingLists_FactSheet.pdf<http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/downloads/MailingLists_FactSheet.pdf> . If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.gov/About-CMS/Agency-Information/ContactCMS/index.html). Thank you.
