This week’s updates include the ESRD PPS proposed rule and Quality Improvement Program and the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Home Health proposed rules. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.
This week’s updates include the proposed 2016 OPPS rule and the FY 2016 Part A SNF PPS pricer update. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.
This week’s note is a follow up to an earlier discussion on coverage of drugs under the various parts of Medicare. Click the link above for more information and an in-depth analysis.
At many hospitals the terms Utilization Management (UM) and Utilization Review (UR) are used interchangeably. Are they the same thing? No, they're not, according to Stefani Daniels, RN, MSNA, ACM, CMAC, and Ronald L. Hirsch, MD, FACP, CHCQM.
