CMS Instructs MACs on Three Percent Rural Add-On Adjustment

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued Change Request 10531, which provides instructions to the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) to reprocess home health claims eligible for the three percent rural add-on pursuant to the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. On February 9, 2018, Congress passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 which…