News & Analysis

April 10, 2019
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include the Medicare Advantage and Part D rate announcement and final call letter, a fact sheet on the Preclusion List, updates to provider self-disclosure settlements, and more! 

April 3, 2019
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include a proposed decision memo for transcatheter aortic valve replacements, clarification on a transmittal regarding evaluation and management coding, an article on edits for OPPS providers with multiple service locations, and more!

March 27, 2019
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include a transmittal on billing for hospital Part B inpatient services, a quarterly update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule database, the April 2019 update of the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System, and more! 

March 27, 2019
Medicare Web

MedStar Health, a Maryland-based health system, agreed to pay $35 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to a cardiology group for referrals and that it received inappropriate Medicare payments for medically unnecessary cardiac stents.

March 20, 2019
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include several new additions to the OIG Work Plan, the April 2019 Outpatient Prospective Payment System update, corrections to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule, and more! 

March 13, 2019
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include comment dates for a proposed rule on interoperability and patient access, changes to the quality rating system for Nursing Home Compare, a fact sheet on the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program for 2021, and more! 

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