CMS ramped up risk-sharing for accountable care organizations (ACO) in a final rule published December 31, 2018. The final rule makes changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program and will reduce the amount of time ACOs can stay in one-sided risk models.
This week’s Medicare updates include additional documentation limits for Medicare institutional providers, new search features on the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System Direct Data Entry inquiries menu, an extension of CMS' designation of the nursing shortage as an extraordinary circumstance, and more!
Hospitals are allowed to publish a list of charges that contains UB-04 revenue codes when complying with 2019 IPPS final rule requirements requiring the publication of standard charges, the American Hospital Association (AHA) said in a regulatory advisory bulletin
This week’s Medicare updates include a thorough list of alternative payment models that CMS currently operates, the 2019 update to clinical lab fee schedule, a revision to a transmittal regarding medical review of diagnostic lab tests, and more!
