This week’s Medicare updates include a variety of new initiatives aimed toward improved safety and quality at nursing homes, updated fact sheets on opt-in and voluntary reporting procedures for MIPS, a comment request on an information collection regarding the MOON, and more!
Medicare made $54.4 million in improper payments to acute care hospitals for post-acute transfers that did not comply with Medicare’s policies, according to a November 1 report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG).
Medicare overpaid providers $640,452 for chronic care management (CCM) services and may have overpaid outpatient facilities an additional $1.2 million for CCM, according to an Office of Inspector General (OIG) report released November 7.
This week’s Medicare updates include two rules on price transparency, updates to medical review requirements for SNFs, annual updates to the therapy code list, and more!
