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When it comes to long-term care billing, the changes just never seem to stop. That’s why you need Billing Alert for Long-Term Care (BALTC). In the last year alone, Billing Alert has helped SNF billing offices deal with the following major changes:

• CMS’ modification of its “no-pay” billing policy
• Establishment of an exception policy for therapy caps and the addition of a new modifier
• RUGs 53—the addition of nine new payment categories
• Correct coding initiative (CCI) edits that kicked in January 1
• A two-step expedited review process to notify residents about the end of their Medicare coverage
• A new process to streamline the Medicare claims appeals process
• News that CMS plans to eliminate fiscal intermediaries (FIs) and establish Medicare Administrative Contractors or MACs
• The first major change in Medicare, with the start-up of the Medicare Part D prescription drug program
• The need for national provider identifiers (NPI)

Billing Alert for Long-Term Care is where professionals get the information they need to deal with all these changes.

Here's just a sample of what Billing Alert for Long-Term Care provides:

• Updates on consolidated billing
• Tips and strategies for Part A Billing
• Information on effective and efficient billing systems
• Tips on correct coding
• Best practices
• Medicare billing compliance and fraud news
• Billing staff training and education

Free subscriber benefits include the following:

• AskSNFinfo Talk
  Our Internet discussion group where readers can network with their peers.
• HCPro Express
  Whenever late-breaking news happens, we’ll e-mail or fax you time-sensitive information so you’ll always be the first to know.  
• Editorial Special Reports
  Whenever a new trend or regulation emerges that requires more information, our expert editors and writers gather the facts and put together a timely Special Report.
• Billing Alert Professor
  Each month, Billing Alert for Long-Term Care takes an in-depth look at hot billing issues and puts them into plain English. Look for the ‘Professor’ icon in each issue to find answers to the most challenging billing questions.
• Print and online subscription —at no extra cost!
  When you order a print subscription to Billing Alert for Long-Term Care—you'll receive the online version at no extra cost!  Think you might have missed something?  Now you can access past and current issues with your free online account. 

If you have questions relating to the coverage and/or content of this product, contact Senior Managing Editor Joanne Finnegan at jfinnegan@hcpro.com.

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