News & Analysis

May 1, 2014
Briefings on APCs

Our experts answer questions on ED reimbursement, charging for self-administered drugs, critical access hospital charges, and more.

 

May 1, 2014
Briefings on APCs

Since January, providers have been struggling to reconcile conflicts between CMS' rules and regulations and those published by the CPT® Manual and other AMA publications.

May 1, 2014
Strategies for Healthcare Compliance

When OCR resumes its HIPAA audits sometime this year, healthcare organizations can expect members of the audit team to focus on key issues identified by the federal agency.

 

May 1, 2014
Strategies for Healthcare Compliance

The HITECH Act, which included changes to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, was signed into law by President Obama in February 2009?a full five years ago.

April 29, 2014
Medicare Insider

This week’s note is about coding, billing, and payment for skin substitute products. Click the link above for more information and an in-depth analysis.

April 15, 2014
Medicare Insider

This week’s note is about updated CMS guidelines for proper billing of discarded outpatient drugs. Click the link above for more information and an in-depth analysis.  

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