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.

April 26, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week's note from the instructor discusses the newly released 2018 IPPS proposed rule.

April 18, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include the 2018 IPPS proposed rule; a new CMS email address for Fee-For-Service Beneficiary Notice questions; the new interest rate for Medicare over- and underpayments; and more!

April 11, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include the release of the 2017 Inpatient Pricer; a decision memo for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy; a delay of effective date for the Conditions of Participation for home health agencies; and more!

April 4, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week's note from the instructor discusses several changes regarding inpatient-only procedures that might have flown under the radar for some hospitals.

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