All Providers should run HIQA’s on all current patients as soon as possible to see if they are affected by the following issue. CMS has announced that there have been erroneous death terminations for over 3,000 beneficiaries on Aug. 10 and Aug. 11, 2016, as well as 300 Rep Payees. If the Rep Payee has been terminated due to death, the beneficiary they represent has had their benefits suspended.
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