CMS Issues Manual Instructions for the Home Health NOA

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued Change Request (CR) 12256, Replacing Home Health Requests for Anticipated Payment (RAPs) with the Notice of Admission (NOA). The CR updates multiple sections of the Chapter 10 of the Medicare Claims Processing Manual to reflect requirements for the Patient Driven Groupings Model such as adding “Notice of Admission” when applicable and replacing the phrase “60 day…