IPPS

The Provider Roundtable, established in 2003 to give CMS the benefit of providers' input and guidance on critical healthcare delivery issues, has issued a call for new members who have a strong interest in improving Medicare reimbursement under various payment systems.

This week’s updates include implementation of the award for Jurisdiction A DME MAC workload; April 2016 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) Specifications Version 17.1; and more!

The healthcare industry got a five-year break from annual code updates for ICD codes as preparations for ICD-10 implementation took place, but the updates will be back this year and bigger than ever. 

Despite industry pushback and several delays, ICD-10 implementation has, against all odds, gone relatively smoothly for the vast majority of providers, leading CMS to tout its success in a recent blog post from Andy Slavitt, CMS’ acting administrator. 

There are four newly approved Recovery Auditor issues.

This week’s updates include FY 2015 Report to Congress; expanding uses of Medicare data by qualified users; and more!

HCPro is currently seeking speakers to present at the 2016 Revenue Integrity Symposium, to be held September 26–27, 2016, in San Antonio, Texas.

This week’s updates include changes to the FY 2016 IPPS and long term care hospital (LTCH) PPS; NCD for screening for colorectal cancer; and more!

This week’s updates include Focused Dementia Care survey tools; a 0.2% reduction in IPPS rates; and more! This news article is free for all Medicare Insider subscribers. Click here to read all of this week’s updates.