News & Analysis

July 1, 2019
Briefings on APCs

CMS recently released two quarterly updates effective July 1: Medicare Claims Processing Transmittal 4313, which is the July update to the OPPS, and Medicare Claims Processing Transmittal 4314, which is the related July update to the Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications, Attachment B.

June 26, 2019
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include the release of the 2020 ICD-10-CM codes, new voluntary appeals settlement options for inpatient rehabilitation facilities, updated instructions for organ transplant programs, and more! 

June 19, 2019
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include the extension of a final rule on improvements for acute care and critical access hospitals, an OIG report on potential abuse and neglect at skilled nursing facilities, a revision to the July update of HCPCS codes, and more!  

June 12, 2019
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include an OIG review of a hospital’s skewed wage data, a court-ordered explanation on methodology for certain IPPS calculations, a memo on changes to timelines on investigations for deaths associated with restraint or seclusion, and more!

June 5, 2019
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include an in-depth article on CAR T-Cell billing, a transmittal on changes to postpayment additional documentation request sample letters, a correction to the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System proposed rule, and more!

May 29, 2019
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include a series of OIG reviews of home health billing, the July 2019 update of the OPPS and I/OCE, a report on how health IT influences care coordination in accountable care organizations, and more!

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