How to Document and Bill Care Plan Oversight Services Care Plan Oversight (CPO) refers to a physician or allowed nonphysician practitioner's (NPP’s) supervision of patients under care of home health agencies or hospices who require complex or multidisciplinary care modalities. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants and clinical nurse specialists practicing within the scope of state law may bill for care plan oversight. Note: Such services are not covered for patients of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), nursing home facilities or hospitals. Implicit in the concept of CPO is the expectation that the physician or NPP has coordinated an aspect of the patient’s care with the home health agency or hospice during the month for which CPO services were billed. The practitioner who bills for CPO must be the same practitioner who signs the plan of care. HCPCS Codes and Billing: G0179: M.D. recertification Home Health Agency (HHA) PT G0180: M.D. certification HHA patient G0181: Home health care supervision G0182: Hospice care supervision How to Submit a Claim: ◦ Providers billing CPO must submit the claim with no other services billed on that claim and may bill only after the end of the month in which the CPO services were rendered ◦ Do not bill CPO services across calendar months and should be submitted (and paid) only for one unit of service ◦ Submit CPT codes 99202–99263 and 99281–99357 only when there has been a face-to-face meeting/encounter ◦ Dates of service: For HCPCS codes G0181 and G0182, submit the first and last dates during which documented care planning services were actually provided during the calendar month ◦ Report care planning only once per calendar month ◦ Dates of service: For HCPCS codes G0179 and G0180, submit the date physician signed the certification or recertification ◦ HCPCS code G0179 may be reported only once every 60 days, except in the rare situation when the patient starts a new episode before 60 days elapses and requires a new plan of care to start a new episode ◦ Submit HCPCS code G0180 when the patient has not received Medicare covered home health services for at least 60 days. The initial certification (HCPCS code G0180) cannot be filed on the same date of service as the supervision service Documentation: ◦ Claims for care plan oversight services will be denied when review of the beneficiary’s claim history fails to identify a covered physician service requiring a face-to-face encounter by the same physician during the six months preceding the provision of the first care plan oversight service Medical records for these services must indicate: ◦ The physician spent 30 minutes or more for countable care planning activities ◦ The specific service furnished, including the date and length of time 👉Visit my profile for more updates #medicalcoding #hhc #careplanoversight #ptcareathome #homehealthcertification #documentation #billingandreimbursement
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