The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) reviewed two proposals to recommend an increase in hospital reimbursement in 2021, according to documents from its December 5 meeting.
This week’s Medicare updates include a fact sheet on opioid treatment programs, revisions to skilled nursing facility cost reports, the CY 2020 update to the DMEPOS fee schedule, and more!
Healthcare Administrative Partners, a medical billing company in Pennsylvania that provides billing, coding, and practice management services to hospital-affiliated physician practices, recently notified 17,693 patients of a data breach that may have exposed their protected health information.
Northwest Medical Center in Arizona received $201,624 from Medicare for incorrectly billed inpatient and outpatient services based on a sample of claims, according to a report released by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) on December 3. The OIG estimates that, based on the sample, the hospital may have received at least $1.2 million in overpayments during the audit period of January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2017.
Q: Does a Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) have to be included in a lobby or just handed out to patients during admission? What are good practices generally with the NPP?
