October 19, 2017
Medicare Insider

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

October 11, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include corrections to the IPPS final rule; corrections to the Skilled Nursing Facilities Prospective Payment System final rule; year 3 baseline data on Medicare payments for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests; and more!

September 28, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week's note reviews a recent Office of Inspector General report that found a 100% failure rate among reviewed claims. 

September 14, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week's note looks at how to accurately calculate new technology add-on payment charges and ensure your facility is appropriately reimbursed for them.

August 24, 2017
Medicare Insider

On August 14, CMS published the FY2018 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule; with it came discussion and a notice in regards to the 96-hour certification requirement for critical access hospitals (CAH).

August 10, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week's note from the instructor looks at the recently announced revisions to the Medical Inpatient Perspective Payment System (IPPS). 

August 9, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week's Medicare updates include an update to the Revisions to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System; Prospective Payment System (PPS) and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) for 2018; Provider-Based (PB) Determination; and more!
 

August 1, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week's Medicare updates include an update to the 2018 Proposed Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate; ICD-10 Coding Revisions to National Coverage Determinations; Updated Editing of Always Therapy Services; and more!
 

July 19, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week's Medicare updates include the 2018 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System proposed rule; the 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Other Revisions to Part B / the Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements and Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program proposed rule; the Federal Healthcare Fraud Takedown; and more!

June 14, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week's note discusses Medicare benefits for inpatient hospital coverage and Medicare as a secondary payer.

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