You would have had to file an exemption form with them by some deadline
(can't recall now it was quite a while ago).

For some reason I seem to recall it was a yearly thing... but don't
quote me on that

On 1/16/2015 10:31 AM, Laura Brown wrote:
> This doesn't really pertain to billing but wondering if anybody out
> there can help with understanding how they calculate the number of
> patients. Where do they get their figures? I ran a report from our
> software and it shows we should be exempt form having to participate,
> but they are telling us they are now going to reduce our payments by
> 2% because we didn't meet the requirements for non filing. We had less
> than 60 patients on Medicare and MA for the reporting dates.
>
> Sorry, but does anybody have any insight in this area? I find it all
> very confusing.
>
> --
> Laura Brown
> Office Manager
> Claims Billing / A/R
> Lake Region Home Health
> 320-354-5858 phone
> 888-501-7631 fax