I always get invigorated after attending a good educational tradeshow. This past October’s AHIMA national conference provided a wonderful showcase of lectures, workshops, vendors, and events that seemed to have something for everyone.
This week’s Medicare updates include additional guidance on the MOON form, an NCA for leadless pacemakers, delayed implementation of the (ESRD) Interim Final Rule – Third Party Payment, and more!
This week's note from the instructor discusses new guidance released by CMS regarding the Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) form for hospitals and critical access hospitals.
The 2017 OIG Work Plan is out, and there are a few areas that may affect case management, particularly with regard to the 2-midnight rule, skilled nursing facilities, ambulance services, and home health agencies. Regardless of the changes in each year’s Work Plan, the document as a whole should remind case managers that they need to comply with the rules.
This week’s Medicare updates include the latest Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter, a proposed decision memorandum for hyperbaric oxygen therapy NCA, new interest rates for Medicare overpayments and underpayments for Q2 2017, and more!
