OIG audit targets hospital compliance with surprise billing rule

OIG's decision to perform a nationwide audit examining compliance with the Provider Relief Fund's balance billing restriction comes just weeks after new federal rules designed to shield consumers from unexpected medical bills became effective under the No Surprises Act.

Telemedicine billing was challenging and confusing even before the COVID-19 pandemic thrust remote healthcare into the mainstream. Now, telemedicine is changing healthcare and evolving daily, making telemedicine billing a moving target for accounts receivable departments everywhere. Medical billing personnel...

If you’re confused by the ever-changing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations regarding the Omicron variant of COVID-19, you’re not alone. Even healthcare workers are. Omicron behaves very differently from all the previous Greek-alphabet named variants. It’s the new king of the hill. Ninety...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have both stated that in April 2022, we will have three new ICD-10-CM codes and seven new procedure codes for COVID-19 therapeutics and vaccines.

CMS announced it would be reinstating the COVID-19 healthcare worker vaccine mandate to facilities in 25 states and the District of Columbia that are not affected by the preliminary injunction. 

In hospitals and senior centers across the country, a form of Alexa—powered by Amazon and under the brand Alexa Smart Properties, which is already used in hotels and apartment complexes—is being installed as part of integrative healthcare technology.