I recently heard that the revised mandated CMS denial letters were pushed back to Oct 2004 for initiation. Can anyone confirm this. Originally I thought it was Oct 2003. Are these the same paragraphs that you are referring to?
-----Original Message----- From: Christine Workoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 10:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: medicare cut letters Hi I would also be interested in your denial paragraphs. My Fax # 610-799-3099 Thanks Chris >From: "Knight-Miner, Karen (RMH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: medicare cut letters >Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 08:05:17 -0500 > >Betty, I have pages of denial paragraphs. The proper paragraph is >inserted into the denial letter. If you want, I can fax them to you. I >rarely have had a problem since I started using these. Call me, Karen > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Wiedemann, Betty R >Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 3:30 PM >To: 'aanac' >Subject: medicare cut letters > > >I am having a rash of families presenting me with demand bills. Just as >I think I'm doing a good job explaining Medicare to families, it bites >me. They just don't get it. Is there anything others of you do to >improve understanding? We take up a lot of time at the inital care plan >explaining the regs, call at the cut time and then comes the pleading. " >Well they certainly can't go home" >Any ideas are appreciated. Betty >/---------------------------------------------------------- >The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the > American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators > "Committed to the Assessment Professional" >Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your > questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. > For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org >-----------------------------------------------------------/ >/---------------------------------------------------------- >The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the > American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators > "Committed to the Assessment Professional" >Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your > questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. > For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org >-----------------------------------------------------------/ _________________________________________________________________ High-speed users-be more efficient online with the new MSN Premium Internet Software. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/prem&ST=1 /---------------------------------------------------------- The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators "Committed to the Assessment Professional" Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org -----------------------------------------------------------/ /---------------------------------------------------------- The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators "Committed to the Assessment Professional" Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org -----------------------------------------------------------/
