This week’s updates include new waived tests and a quarterly update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.
This week’s note is about billing related to Investigational Device Exemption studies. Click the link above for more information and an in-depth analysis.
This week’s updates include an update to the hospital appeals settlement and several items relating to testing and implementation of ICD-10. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.
In October 2014 a record number of hospitals were fined for excessive care transitions. In total, CMS penalized some 2,610 hospitals, and will assess fines between October 2014 and September of this year. Through these penalties, the government has given hospitals sufficient incentive to revamp their processes with an eye on preventing readmissions and improving transitions.
