News & Analysis

January 15, 2020
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include a Special Edition MLN Matters article on appropriate use criteria changes, updates to beneficiary notice forms, a beta version of an ICD-10-CM browsing tool, and more!

January 8, 2020
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include transmittals on new provider specialty codes for opioid treatment programs, the implementation transmittal for the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System, correction notices for the 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule and Outpatient Prospective Payment System final rule, and more! 

January 8, 2020
Medicare Web

The Transparency in Coverage Proposed Rule comment period has been extended from January 14 to January 29, CMS announced. The proposed rule would require insurers to provide personalized price estimates and publish negotiated in-network rates and historical payment information.

January 1, 2020
Briefings on HIPAA

With 2020 underway, it’s a good time for facilities to review the standards set forth by the rules that define HIPAA regulations. Without a thorough understanding throughout an organization, it can be easy for violations to occur.

December 18, 2019
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include details on repayments to outpatient clinic visits at excepted off-campus provider-based departments, a new ICD-10-CM code for vaping-related disorder, an article on home infusion therapy billing, and more! 

December 11, 2019
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include a fact sheet on opioid treatment programs, revisions to skilled nursing facility cost reports, the CY 2020 update to the DMEPOS fee schedule, and more!

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