Frequency of Billing for Providers
Different types of providers are paid based on different payment policies depending upon the circumstance of the provider. These payment policies are described in detail in the chapters related to the provider type. The following billing requirements are to strike a balance between program administration efficiency and maintaining cash flow for providers.
Standard System Maintainer (SSM) shall ensure that providers adhere to these requirements.
Inpatient Billing From Hospitals and SNFs
Non PPS Hospitals and SNFs
Inpatient services in TEFRA hospitals (i.e., hospitals excluded from inpatient prospective payment system (PPS), cancer and children’s hospitals) and SNFs are billed:
• Upon discharge of the beneficiary;
• When the beneficiary’ benefits are exhausted;
• When the beneficiary’s need for care changes; or
• On a monthly basis.
Hospitals in Maryland that are under the jurisdiction of the Health Services Cost Review Commission are subject to monthly billing cycles.
Providers shall submit a bill to the FI when a beneficiary in one of these hospitals ceases to need a hospital level of care (occurrence code 22). FIs shall not separate the occurrence code 31 and occurrence span code 76 on two different bills. Each bill must include all applicable diagnoses and procedures. However, interim bills are not to include charges billed on an earlier claim since the “From” date on the bill must be the day after the “Thru” date on the earlier bill.
SNF providers shall follow the billing instructions provided in Chapter 6 (SNF Inpatient Part A Billing), Section 40.8 (Billing in Benefits Exhaust and No-Payment Situations) for proper billing in benefits exhaust and no-payment situations.