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The Medicare Bad Debt report is used to adhere to the Medicare Bad Debt Requirements as set forth by CMS. In order to meet these requirements, the following needs to be done.

 

First, a collect code will need to be created in the Collect Code table, specifically for Medicare patients written off to bad debt.

 

Once the collect code is created, it will need to be entered in the Medicare Collect Code field in the Collection Settings table.

 

Last, the Medicare collect code will need to be added to the Collect Code field on the Guarantor/Insurance tab in ADT Functions for each Medicare patient that has been written off to Bad Debt. Once the Medicare collect code is added to the patient's account, it will auto populate the Medicare Write Off Date field in the Charity Care and Collections screen with the date the collect code was changed.

 

After all the previous steps have been taken, patients with a Medicare Write Off Date will pull to the Medicare Bad Debt report for the selected date range.