Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
AIC Threshold To Rise
Published on Thu Oct 24, 2019
The amount in controversy (AIC) thresh- old amounts for Administrative Law Judge hearings and judicial review under the Medicare appeals process will increase as of Jan. 1. The 2020 AIC threshold amounts increase from $160 this year to $170 for ALJ hearings and from $1,630 this year to $1,670 for judicial review, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services notes in the Oct. 7 Federal Register at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-10-07/pdf/2019-21751.pdf. CMS updates the AIC threshold amounts annually.
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