This week’s Medicare updates include 2017 Medicare EHR Incentive Program payment adjustment for hospitals; a fact sheet on Accountable Health Communities Model Track 1–Awareness; and more!
The Independence at Home Demonstration, which is affiliated with the Affordable Care Act, is making strides toward providing chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries with primary care services at home and has also lowered Medicare costs, according to CMS.
This week’s Medicare updates include the October 2016 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor specifications version 17.3; the Medicare Fee for Service (FFS) Recovery Audit program third quarter summary newsletter; and more!
CMS’ proposed changes to implement Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 and reshape payments for off-campus, provider-based departments represent the most significant changes in the current year 2017 OPPS proposed rule.
This week’s Medicare updates include a Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction on the Professional Component of certain diagnostic imaging procedures; a new condition code to use when hospice recertification is untimely and corrections to hospice processing problems; and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include an update to inpatient psychiatric facilities PPS (IPF PPS) FY 2017; a Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) region announcement; and more!
This week’s updates include a notice of proposed rulemaking for bundled payment models for high-quality, coordinated cardiac and hip fracture care; FY 2017 rate update for inpatient psychiatric facilities PPS; and more!
The Office for Civil Rights released HIPAA phase two guidance July 27. The guidance, a document linking specific audit protocols with document submission requests, included the slide deck from a July 13 webinar for covered entities selected for desk audits, and a list of questions and answered asked during the webinar and via email.
