Regulatory Update: CMS Issues Transmittals on Payment Requirements, Medical Review, Overpayment Recoupments

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the following transmittals affecting home health and hospice providers. These transmittals relate to Medicare payment requirements, medical review guidance, and recoupment of overpayments. Transmittal 327 (CR 6698), Signature Guidelines for Medical Review Purposes, was issued March 16, 2010 to implement and update requirements for handwritten…