CMS Issues a Workaround for RAPs Without Value Code 61

Home health agencies (HHAs) have had requests for anticipated payments (RAPs) retuned to providers (RTP’d) related to value code 61. With the no pay RAP policy, effective January 1, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is no longer requiring that HHAs report value code 61 and the core-based statistical area (CBSA) on…