SNF Accounts Receivable Under PDPM
A rate increase means little if it does not show up in the bank. See how PDPM coding accuracy and Days in AR decide whether SNFs actually collect the FY2026 update.
Read more →Practical guidance on denials, claims, AR aging, and revenue cycle operations for home care, home health, and hospice agencies.
A clean, unrejected claim can still pay less than it should. See how NOA timing and LUPA thresholds quietly cut home health payments in 2026.
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Hospice stays a fee-for-service Medicare benefit even when the patient carries a Medicare Advantage plan. See where that payer split creates denials and AR risk.
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Hospice SIA billing requires precise visit capture, coding, and final-claim review to prevent missed reimbursement, rework, and reporting problems.
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Routine home care is the most common hospice level of care and the easiest to underbill. See how election timing, claim sequencing, and SIA quietly shape AR.
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Continuous home care is earned hour by hour, not declared. See how the eight-hour threshold, the midnight boundary, and weak documentation drive denials.
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GIP is a level of care, not a location. See why the documentation has to justify the level, and how the discharge-day rule and inpatient cap drive AR risk.
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A revocation is a billing event, not just a discharge note. See how the effective date, occurrence code 42, and the NOTR clock decide whether claims pay clean.
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The hospice aggregate cap builds quietly and follows its own calendar. See why strong hospices get caught off guard, and how to monitor cap risk early.
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Recertification is a live operational calendar, not a retrospective chart exercise. See how face-to-face timing and narrative quality decide whether claims pay.
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The NOE clock starts at admission, not when billing gets the packet. See why the five-day window, accurate submission, and transfer rules protect revenue.
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GV, GW, and condition code 07 decide whether a claim reaches the right payer. See what each one actually signals, and where modifier denials really start.
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Hospice payment follows eligibility, timing, and sequence. See how election, certification, monthly billing, and discharge rules fit together to protect cash flow.
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Revenue codes, HCPCS modifiers, and level-of-care sequencing all have to line up. See how the four levels of hospice care translate into the codes that actually get paid.
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Aged AR does not clean itself up. See practical steps for triaging old balances, fixing root causes, and keeping receivables current across home care, home health, and hospice.
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Denials rarely come from one cause. See how eligibility, election, and documentation gaps drive hospice and home health denials, and how to build a workflow that catches them.
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A denial without a workflow just becomes a write-off. See how to structure intake, root-cause review, and appeals into a repeatable process that protects revenue.
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Strong AR management is a discipline, not a single fix. See what effective healthcare AR services look like across SNF, home health, and hospice payment models.
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Rate increases mean little if AR is not collected. See how to build an AR strategy around PDPM, PDGM, and hospice per diem rules to protect cash flow.
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