County

The County file stores county names and their CBSA codes/rates for PPS, Medicare hospice and NY Medicaid EPS billing. Admission and Statistical reports can be run in County sequence. County codes are setup to match between Clinical and Billing. Contact Netsmart Support for assistance adding counties at https://netsmartcares.force.com.

Go to File > File Maintenance > Category, press Change Type and set the radio button to County.

To Add a County:

Press the Add button.

Assign a Code and enter a Description.

SSA County ID: select from the dropdown list. The system assigns the CBSA rate information for the County based on the SSA selected.

Press Save when done.

To view the CBSA information:

• Click on the Rates tab

• From the Rate Type drop-down, select Medicare (for Medicare PPS Home Health rates), NY Caid (for NY Medicaid CHHA rates) or Hospice (for Medicare Hospice rates).
  

• View the CBSA code, rate and start/end dates. CBSA Codes and Rates are published in the CMS Federal Register.

Click Print to preview or print a complete County list.

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