News & Analysis

February 23, 2016
Medicare Insider

This week’s updates include Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Recertification Checklist for evaluation of compliance with the location and distance requirements; core quality measures collaborative release; and more!

February 16, 2016
Medicare Insider

This week’s note is about coverage information for telehealth services. 

November 11, 2015
Medicare Insider

This week’s updates include updates to clarify inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) claims processing; a revised hospital guidance for pharmaceutical services and expanded guidance related to compounding of medications; and more!

October 22, 2015
Medicare Insider

This week’s note is on critical access hospitals (CAH) and the 96-hour rule.

This week’s note from the instructor is written by Kimberly Anderwood Hoy Baker, JD, regulatory specialist for HCPro.  

October 15, 2015
Medicare Insider

This week’s note is on critical access hospitals (CAH) and the 96-hour rule.

August 11, 2015
Medicare Insider

While many providers are still digesting the IPPS Final Rule, muddling through how the OPPS Proposed Rule might impact their bottom line, and kicking rocks because the 2-midnight rule was not chucked, President Obama signed a bill into law on August 6, 2015—and it’s one providers should note. Unanimously approved by both the House and Senate earlier this year, the Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act, otherwise called the NOTICE Act, will not take effect until August 2016, but will certainly add one more layer to the administrative burden associated with outpatient observation services when it does.

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