News & Analysis

July 13, 2016
Medicare Insider

This week’s note is about laws impacting Medicare fraud and overpayments.

July 12, 2016
News & Insights

My understanding is that under the 2-midnight rule CAHs cannot go past two midnights of observation care if the patient has Medicare as a payer. Is that correct?

July 12, 2016
News & Insights

Is diagnosis no longer a criteria for the observation APC payment?

July 8, 2016
News & Insights

My understanding is that under the 2-midnight rule CAHs cannot go past two midnights of observation care if the patient has Medicare as a payer. Is that correct?

July 8, 2016
News & Insights

CMS released the 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule yesterday, with policies that look to expand an Innovation Center program, revise payment for care management services, and collect data regarding global period payments. 

July 8, 2016
News & Insights

CMS proposes aligning its conditional packaging modifiers and deleting a much-maligned modifier for separately payable laboratory tests in the 2017 OPPS proposed rule, released July 6. 

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