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Replacing Home Health Requests for Anticipated Payment (RAPs) with a Notice of Admission (NOA) – Manual Instructions

This new Article comprises Subregulatory Guidance for updates to Chapter 10 of the Medicare Claims Processing Manual to include instructions for submitting Home Health (HH) NOAs instead of RAPs on and after January 1, 2022.

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Final

Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: May 11, 2021

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