Home Health Comparative Billing Reports (CBR)

LeadingAge NY was notified that CMS will release a national provider Comparative Billing Report (CBR) addressing Home Health Services on Aug. 29, 2013.

The reports contain actual data-driven tables and graphs with an explanation of findings that compare providers’ billing and payment patterns to those of their peers located in the state and across the nation. However, the reports are not available to anyone except the providers who receive them.

The reports are an example of a tool that helps providers better understand applicable Medicare billing rules and improve the level of care they furnish to their Medicare patients. CMS has received feedback from a number of providers that this kind of data is very helpful to them and encouraged us to produce more CBRs and make them available to providers.

For more information and to review a sample of the Home Health Services CBR, please visit the CBR Services website or call the SafeGuard Services’ Provider Help Desk, CBR Support Team at 530-896-7080.

We will notify members as more information becomes available.

Contact: Cheryl Udell, cudell@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8871