ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert

Appealing Audits:

Get Ready To Adjust Your Audit Appeals Timeframes

Here’s the latest on how the ALJ backlog will suspend new appeals for two years. In December and January, the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) began notifying providers that it was delaying the assignment of appeals to ALJs that were received on or after April 2013. This can significantly impact your audit appeals progress and may equally impact [...]
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