To All HBS Clients:

Ver 1.2.8.44 includes changes to address the Medicare Home Health Value Based Purchasing adjustments as well as several other payment-related enhancements:

• The Unit file has a new Misc-Rates tab that allows users to enter Cost Adjustment rates (previously stored in Other Info tab and used in the PPS Margin Report) and the new Value Based Purchasing adjustment rates. For example, if an agency has a negative 3% VBP this would be entered as the rate 0.97000. An agency with a positive 3% VBP would enter the rate as 1.03000. Clients who are currently manually entering VBP Payment adjustments via Payment Entry can continue to follow that process or can switch to this set-up.
• The Billing Audit will include the Unit VBP Adjustment, if entered, in RAP and Final amount calculation and the VBP amount will be displayed on the Billing Audit and the PPS Revenue Report. 

• The Electronic Payments menu has a new option to allow the user to post zero dollar payments. Users can also now choose to only enter one Payment type for all payments, or can still specify a specific payment type for negative payments by selecting the new Payments (-) 'Use' option. When posting electronic payments, the Bill Type (example, 322 for Rap payment) will now be stored in the payment record.
• The Payment Report has been altered to allow the display and selection of the Bill Type.
• Payment Entry will now allow the user to add/alter the DCN for manually posted payments that are over 24 hours old.
  

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