This week’s Medicare updates include the release of the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System final rule, new ICD-10-PCS codes for therapeutic COVID-19 treatments, the Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System final rule, and more!
Facing the unprecedented COVID-19 public health emergency, CMS released the 2021 OPPS proposed rule later than ever before, with the agency generally reinforcing its recent focus on site-neutral payment policies, lowering reimbursement for drugs purchased under the 340B program, and adding more services to the list of prior authorization.
This week’s Medicare updates include the renewal of the public health emergency for another 90 days, an advisory opinion on charitable organizations resolving medical debt, additional updates to COVID-19 billing FAQs, and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include new FAQ items for COVID-19 billing, updates to the OIG work plan, and another revision to the July 2020 OPPS update.
This week’s Medicare updates include the 2021 End Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System proposed rule, updates on assorted demonstration models that were paused during the COVID-19 public health emergency, reprocessing instructions for certain IPPS claims, and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include the release of the 2021 ICD-10-CM code set files, a proposed decision memo regarding expanded coverage of a transcatheter mitral valve repair procedure, revisions to the July 2020 OPPS update, and more!
