New dates for PS&R and provider cost reports
HHS implements program changes
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced amended production dates for the Provider Statistical and Reimbursement (PS&R) reports. (See PS&R schedule, below.) On Dec. 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent fiscal intermediaries Version 27.0 of the PS&R program that reflect changes that were created as a result of the implementation of the Home Health Prospective Payment System and the Outpatient Prospective Payment System.
Fiscal intermediaries will begin processing PS&R claims through the new system no later than March 1. Meanwhile, all home health agencies, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities with a provider-based home health agency, and community mental health centers now are required to file their cost reports according to the schedule. Providers have 38 days to complete the cost report and have been given an extra week to allow for mailing.
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