December 20, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include two new advisory opinions; updates to the Physician Compare, Long-Term Care Hospital Compare, and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Compare websites; a republished version of the OPPS final rule to include a previously omitted section, and more!  

November 9, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week's note reviews two major policy changes from the OPPS and MPFS final rules: the reduction in reimbursement for 340B drugs and the reduction in the payment adjustment for non-excepted off-campus provider-based departments. 

November 8, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include the OPPS, Quality Payment Program, End-Stage Renal Disease, and Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rules; an announcement of the new Meaningful Measures initiative; a list of new Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments waived tests; and more! 

October 19, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week’s note reviews standards and methods for tracking functionality of implantable medical devices.

October 12, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week's note reviews changes to the Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule effective January 1, 2018. 

October 4, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include clarification on portable x-ray necessity, recommendations from the hospital outpatient payment advisory panel, an adjustment to the amount in controversy threshold amounts for 2018, and more!

August 31, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week's note from the instructor explores the recent October Quarterly Updates for hospitals. 

August 30, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week's Medicare updates include a new OIG advisory opinion; the October 2017 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS); the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Annual Update; and more!

August 17, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week's note from the instructor examines proposed changes to the clinical lab Date of Service (DOS).

August 3, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week's note from the instructor discusses therapy codes, caps, modifiers, and the exception process.

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