This week’s Medicare updates include an extension to the rulemaking process for a final rule on the adjustment of civil monetary penalties for inflation, the recission of the mid-build exception audit determinations, implementation transmittals for two NCDs, and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include information on Hurricane Ida waivers and support, an updated emergency use authorization for bamlanivimab and etesevimab administered together, an OIG review of actions CMS can take to improve COVID-19 data from nursing homes, and more!
CMS walked back some major policy changes and cemented others in the 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule. Brush up on the latest changes and ensure your hospital is ready to comply by October 1.
Audits are ramping up across the country, creating additional headaches for many healthcare organizations as they simultaneously struggle with the delta variant of COVID-19.
As the country sees a resurgence of COVID-19 thanks to the delta variant, hospitals are seeing an increase not only in their immediate census numbers, but also in the number of readmissions.
Anna, a case manager who practices in a pulmonologist’s office, manages adult high-risk asthmatic patient care. The office serves more than 2,000 patients, which Anna learns is the upper range of average. She recently learned that the American Association for Physician Leadership believes that a physician’s office can successfully handle a volume of 3,000 patients.
