This week’s Medicare updates include a final rule on various policies throughout the Medicare program involving drug pricing, the final 2019 Medicare Advantage rate announcement and call letter, a list of newly added waived test codes, and more!
CMS recently released its annual report of Health Insurance Exchange open enrollment, which revealed that open enrollment is down from 12.2 million in 2017 to 11.8 million for 2018.
This week’s Medicare updates include two new fact sheets on Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) policies, a Special Edition MLN Matters article on proper coding for certain laboratory tests, instructions regarding the new skilled nursing facility Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) forms; and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include several corrections to transmittals issued regarding April 2018 payment system updates, four new resources for those participating in the Quality Payment Program via an alternative payment model, an OIG review of outpatient physical therapy billing, and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include a special edition MLN Matters article on billing requirements for OPPS providers, an updated OIG work plan, a final decision memo for an NCD on genetic testing for cancer patients, and more!
This week's note digs into the details of how healthcare providers should manage the transition to the new Medicare cards, which is slated to begin in April 2018.
