The U.S. healthcare system wastes some $760 billion to $935 billion dollars each year, says a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and between $27.2 billion and $78.2 billion of that total is the result of failures in care coordination.
This week's note from the instructor discusses operational considerations to make while implementing new billing processes for therapy assistant modifiers.
Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy provided to Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries will be paid for by traditional Medicare for calendar years 2019 and 2020.
This week’s Medicare updates include the October edition of the Medicare Quarterly Compliance Newsletter, a pair of requests for information on potential usage of artificial intelligence to prevent fraud, Medicare Advantage billing instructions for CAR-T therapy, and more!