This week’s Medicare updates include a Special Edition MLN Matters article on the new documentation requirements for cost reports, revised manual instructions related to the implementation of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model, an OIG review of the impact of price substitutions based on average sales price data, and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include a new tracking sheet for a national coverage analysis of transcatheter mitral valve repair procedures, the October 2019 update to drug and biologicals HCPCS codes, the October 2019 update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule database, and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include the release of the 2020 ICD-10-CM coding guidelines, a decision memo on chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, a booklet on critical access hospital requirements, and more!
CMS is proposing several revisions to its clinical diagnostic laboratory date of service (DOS) policy in the FY 2020 OPPS proposed rule, including requiring ordering physicians to determine whether tests are intended to guide treatment during a current or future outpatient encounter.
Starting January 1, 2020, the education and operations testing period will kick off, and organizations will be required to report appropriate use criteria (AUC) consultation information. Learn what you can do now to help your organization prepare to report AUCs in 2020 and beyond.
This week’s Medicare updates include proposed and final rules for several of Medicare’s prospective payment systems, the 2020 ABN form for download, an article about compliance with the three-day stay rule for SNF admission, and more.
