This week’s Medicare updates include an OIG report on Medicare payments for OUD treatment services and a data brief on behavioral health providers listed within Medicare Advantage networks.
Like previous federal government shutdowns, the one that ensued when Congress failed to produce a continuing resolution on the budget by October 1 has implications for providers. You should reduce the chances of harm by planning to address them now.
This week’s Medicare updates include the October 2025 I/OCE update files, clarification on speech-language pathologist qualifications for Part B services, and more!
CMS recently clarified billing and coding requirements for critical care scenarios, hospital outpatient clinic visits, telehealth, and other evaluation and management (E/M) services.
This week’s Medicare updates include the COVID-19 vaccine payment allowances for the 2025-2026 season, an OIG report on Part B expenditures for skin substitutes, and more!