Best Practices for Responding to an ADR
On-Demand Webinar
StreamedMay 5, 2025Duration90 minutes
- Unlimited & shareable access starting
two business days after live stream - Available on desktop, mobile & tablet devices 24/7
- Take-away toolkit
- Ability to download webinar video
- Presenter's contact info for questions
ADRs continue and have escalated to the recovery audit contractor (RAC) level for both home health and hospice.
With increased hospice oversight
and medical audit reviews, ADRs may catch providers struggling with how to
effectively submit documentation for optimal results. This presentation will be
a "how-to" guide to understanding ADRs and how to submit one as
requested.
AFTER THIS
WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:
- Define what a medical review additional documentation request (ADR) is
- Identify agency responsibilities when an ADR request is received
- Explain the recommended ADR submission process best practices
- Name critical first steps when an ADR submission request is received
- Know the Medicare appeal levels and timelines involved
WEBINAR DETAILS
ADRs and oversight are on the rise. It is
recommended that all provider levels should have a
working knowledge of this process. This webinar will review the process beginning
with the ADR letter and key first steps, including identifying the type of
audit. It will address best practices for managing the process from start to
finish, including what and how to submit documentation for ease-of-use auditing
purposes. Organization, timelines, key documentation, resources, project
management, and appeals are critical topics that will be covered, as well as assessing
whether your agency should seek outside consulting or legal assistance. Join us
to learn what failure to respond to an ADR means for a provider.
THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:
- Hospice
- Home Health
- Home Care
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This detailed program
will benefit all provider levels, including administration, finance
professionals, executive management, clinical leadership and management, QAPI
staff, medical directors, liaisons, clinical staff, intake and medical records
personnel, and billing staff.
TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT
- Palmetto: Responding to a Home Health Additional Documentation Request (ADR) Checklist
- Quick resource tools for prepayment/postpayment medical review ADR
- The five levels of the Medicare appeals process
- NGS CMS Hospice Documentation Checklist
- Training log
- PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
- Attendance certificate provided, however there are no pre-approved CEs associated with this webinar
NOTE: All
materials are subject to copyright. Transmission, retransmission, or
republishing of any webinar to other agencies or those not employed by your
agency is prohibited. Print materials may be copied for eligible participants
only.
Presented By

ALECC, Inc.
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