Most inpatient rehabilitation facility stays might not meet Medicare coverage or documentation requirements and compliance could be improved through a preauthorization process, according to a recent Office of Inspector General report.
This week’s Medicare updates include final rules for the Outpatient Prospective Payment System, Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, and more!
In the 2019 OPPS final rule, released Friday, November 2, CMS implemented several site-neutral payment policies, though the agency did delay or shelve other proposals due to stakeholder feedback.
Remittance processing and appeals are integral parts of the revenue cycle. When facilities submit a claim to Medicare, the hope is that the claim will be paid in full and in a timely manner, but that does not always happen.
In the 2019 OPPS final rule, released November 2, CMS implemented several site-neutral payment policies, though the agency did delay or shelve other proposals due to stakeholder feedback.
This week’s Medicare updates include an advance notice of proposed rulemaking regarding changes to Part B drug pricing, an OIG review of billing for inpatient services, the release of skilled nursing facility quality reporting data, and more!
