CMS Makes COVID-19 Data Reporting a Condition of Participation
Published: Mon, 08/31/20
CMS Makes COVID-19 Data Reporting a Condition of Participation In a move hospitals are calling “disturbing,” CMS updated Medicare and Medicaid…
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OIG calls on CMS to improve consistency in reviews
Published: Sat, 08/29/20
OIG calls on CMS to improve consistency in reviews Medicare contractors were inconsistent in how they reviewed overpayments during the appeals…
More COVID-19 Questions Answered
Published: Thu, 08/27/20
More COVID-19 Questions Answered We are getting more sophisticated and knowledgeable about COVID-19, but I am still getting a lot of questions. Many…
The Demise of the Medicare Inpatient-Only List – The Myths and Facts
Published: Wed, 08/26/20
The Demise of the Medicare Inpatient-Only List – The Myths and Facts Medicare’s often-misunderstood inpatient-only list may soon be departing, as the…
Telehealth “Connecting patients and physicians” beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
Published: Tue, 08/25/20
Telehealth “Connecting patients and physicians” beyond the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has driven digital transformation across healthcare…
Turn The Cessation of Elective Surgeries Into an Opportunity to Educate
Published: Mon, 08/24/20
Turn The Cessation of Elective Surgeries Into an Opportunity to Educate Under normal circumstances, the biggest difficulty practices encounter when…
CMS Updates Medicare Billing Rules for 20% Add-On COVID-19 Payment
Published: Sat, 08/22/20
CMS Updates Medicare Billing Rules for 20% Add-On COVID-19 Payment In addition to Medicare billing updates, the federal agency also announced that it…
How VA is Attempting to Increase Interoperability, Boost its EHR System
Published: Fri, 08/21/20
How VA is Attempting to Increase Interoperability, Boost its EHR System While the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has faced considerable health IT…
AFM Outbreak is Expected in 2020
Published: Thu, 08/20/20
AFM Outbreak is E pected in 2020 Physicians and parents are warned about the re-emergence of this illness. In October 2018, ICD-10monitor reported…
A View into Proposed Medicare PFS and Policy Changes for 2021
Published: Wed, 08/19/20
A View into Proposed Medicare PFS and Policy Changes for 2021 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the past week has proposed…