This week’s Medicare updates include the Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule, the announcement of a set of voluntary payment models focusing on primary care, the quarterly update for the End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, and more!
The Office of Inspector General is stepping up audits of inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) claims. Use these expert tips to ensure your facility is coding and billing correctly for these services.
This week’s Medicare updates include proposed rules for the inpatient rehabilitation facility, inpatient psychiatric facility, and skilled nursing facility payment systems; a proposed rule on the 2020 hospice payment rate update; a draft of new guidance on ligature risks; and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include a final rule introducing new benefits for Medicare Advantage, details on a nationwide Medicare brace scam, a proposed decision memo for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and more!
CMS released a bulletin April 10 on behalf of HHS seeking providers to participate in a volunteer Provider Pilot Program to test the process for reviewing compliance with its HIPAA Administrative Simplification rules.
Representatives from CMS and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) discussed hot topics and focus areas at HCCA's 2019 Compliance Institute in Boston, including developing interactive documentation checklists, potential changes to Stark Law this year, and methods to address the high rate of coding and documentation errors on inpatient rehabilitiation facility (IRF) claims.
