Medicare Address Match: Hospital Outpatient Denials Looming

Beginning in July, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will direct Medicare Part A/B Macs to perform claim validation edits and return all claims to hospital providers if the address included on their claim forms do not exactly match the information included in the Medicare Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS) system. Any discrepancy, such as the difference between the use of “Road” vs “Rd” or “Suite” vs “Ste” on a claim, may mean a return to the provider of claims for services provided in hospital outpatient sites of service. This could result in millions of dollars in claims being returned, and an obvious delay in payment.

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/medicare-address-match-hospital-40472/