These are per 15 minute increments
Darlene Tuma, RN, PHN
Adult Health Supervisor
Le Sueur County Public Health
88 South Park Ave
Le Center, MN 56057
507-357-8249
Fax: 507-357-4223
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From: billers@list.mnhomecare.org <billers@list.mnhomecare.org>
On Behalf Of Doll,Jennifer
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2020 1:31 PM
To: billers@list.mnhomecare.org
Subject: RE: VA fee schedule
We also requested a meeting with Collin Peterson in early March to review the same concerns, along with 12+ months of unpaid and denied claims from the VA. Then Covid-19 consumed everyone’s time and there has
been no follow up response to that meeting from his office.
Where were you able to locate the fee schedule from Optum? Is there a separate schedule based on unbundled (per visit) vs. bundled (episodic) services?
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On Behalf Of Hespe, Linda J
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2020 12:41 PM
To: billers@list.mnhomecare.org
Subject: [EXTERNAL] VA fee schedule
HI,
We are reviewing the VA payments. It looks like the fee schedule for VA retro back to last October has an aide rate of about $17 and a nurse at $35. Tri west though was paying episodically but it looked like the conversion to Optum had
the same fee schedule as the VA regular rates. So of course we couldn’t keep our doors open at that rate. Is anyone limiting the referrals or how are you handling the VA referrals? I had called Collin Peterson’s office probably in Feb or March and they
said they were aware. Collin sits on Veteran’ Affairs committee. I haven’t heard much at all about this since early in the year.
Linda Hespe
Director
Essentia Health Home Care and Hospice West
114 Frazee St. East | Detroit Lakes, MN 56501
P: 218-314-7806| F: 218-847-0850
Linda.Hespe@EssentiaHealth.org |
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