News & Analysis

April 29, 2014
Medicare Insider

This week’s note is about coding, billing, and payment for skin substitute products. Click the link above for more information and an in-depth analysis.

April 15, 2014
Medicare Insider

This week’s note is about updated CMS guidelines for proper billing of discarded outpatient drugs. Click the link above for more information and an in-depth analysis.  

April 8, 2014
Medicare Insider

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April 1, 2014
Briefings on APCs

Our experts answer questions on payment rates for scans, bronchodilator treatment, the inpatient-only list, stereotactic radiosurgery, bill exposure with arthrodesis, and more.

 

April 1, 2014
Strategies for Healthcare Compliance

CMS has finalized changes to packaged services and E/M CPT® codes for clinic visits with the much-anticipated November 27, 2013 release of the 2014 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) final rule.

April 1, 2014
Briefings on APCs

The CMS Innovation Center released a request for information (RFI) in February for input from specialty practitioners on new, episode-based payment models, which could signal a move toward even more bundled payments for outpatient procedures.

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