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New
MDI Achieve Website
We
are pleased to introduce our new company website, www.mdiachieve.com.
This site contains links to all of the sites that are part of the
MDI Achieve family.
We
will officially launch this new website in May 2008, with all new
features and functionality. Stay tuned!
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CMS
Clarifies Part A Billing for No-Payment Claims
CMS has published
a new MedLearn
Matters article that explains the circumstances under which
a skilled nursing facility must submit a no-pay bill. Facilities
must submit a bill for a beneficiary who...
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has
started a spell of illness under the Part A benefit for every
month of the related stay even though no benefits may be payable.
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has previously received Medicare-covered skilled care and subsequently
dropped to a non-covered level of service but continues to reside
in a Medicare-certified area of the facility.
This
article reflects no changes in existing policy, but further clarifies
the requirements outlined in Chapter 6 of the Medicare Claims Processing
Manual, SNF Inpatient Part A Billing.
For
the complete text of the article, please visit the CMS website at
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM5840.pdf.
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Reminder:
NPI is here!
By
now, all facilities should be using their NPI (National Provider
Identifier) for all Medicare claims. Effective March 1, 2008, all
Medicare 837P and CMS-1500 claims must have the NPI or NPI/legacy
pair in the required fields on the form. Claims that do not
include the NPI are now being rejected.
If
you are still submitting (and being paid for) claims with both an
NPI and a legacy number, CMS advises that you should now be testing
your ability to get paid using only your NPI. You can do this by
submitting one or two claims with only the NPI. As of May
23, 2008, claims that include legacy identifiers will be rejected.
For
complete infomation on NPI compliance, visit the CMS website at
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProvIdentStand/06_implementation.asp.
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Free
ULTRACare Training This Summer
The schedule
for our Summer Classroom Training sessions is now available and
registration is open. These classes are perfect for new staff or
those who have "inherited" knowledge from others, but
never had ULTRACare product training directly from our staff. All
clients with a current SPSA support contract are eligible to send
up to 3 people to any class. There is no charge per class, just
your own travel expenses. Classes are held at our St. Louis office.
Clinical
June 10
- MDS Assessments and related features
June 11 - Care Planning, Phyisican Orders and Focus Assessments
June 12 - Advanced Clinical features
Admissions,
Business Office/Billing
June 10
- Admissions & Resident Information
June 11 - Accounts Receivable & Billing
June 12 - AR Month End, Collections, Reconciliation and Resident
Funds
For
complete information, please visit our website at http://www.mditech.com/training/UCTraining.asp#Free.
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Tips
& Techniques: Refresh Your Training Database
With ULTRACare
Version 15.11, you now have the ability to refresh the data in the
training database without having to contact your support representative
to correct the name. To do this, two things must be true. You must
have the name "Train" somewhere in the company name of
the training database and that company must be set up to be excluded
from Consolidated Reporting in Company Logicals.
Initial
Setup: In ULTRACare Utilities, change company to the Training Database
you want to copy data to. Select Utilities, Training DB License
Utility from the menu. Choose BACKUP Training Config. This step
only needs to be run once to create the file that holds the company
name and licensing.
To
refresh your data:
Step 1: Manually copy the database files from your live company
to the training company.
Step
2: In ULTRACare Utilities, change company to the Training Database
you copied data to. Then select Utilities, Training DB License Utility
from the menu. Choose RESTORE Training Config.
You
are now set to use the training database for new employees or to
test possible changes you anticipate making in your setup.
Repeat
Steps 1 and 2 as often as needed to refresh the data in your Training
database.
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Smithfield
Mailing Address Change
Please be advised
that we have closed our Smithfield Post Office Box. Should you need
to send us anything via US Mail, please send it to our physical
address as shown to the left.
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ULTRACare
Client Satisfaction Survey
MDI Achieve's philosophy has always been to build long-term relationships
with our clients. To that end, we want to ensure that we are consistently
meeting your needs and exceeding your expectations with our service.
Please take a few moments to complete a short Client Satisfaction
Survey and let us know what you think. To take the survey, point
your browser to http://www.surveymonkey.com/
s.aspx?sm=sKa_2bVcY39Rx
ZVbBEtyVeWQ_3d_3d.
Each
respondent will be entered into a drawing for an iPod Nano. Only
one entry per person. You must provide contact information in order
to be entered into the drawing.
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