Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
BILL WATCH
The following House bills were introduced: H.R. 2151. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand coverage of bone mass measurements under part B of the Medicare program to all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis. Introduced May 19 by Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 2167. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit the disabled surviving spouse of an individual to elect to retain private health insurance as the primary payer of health insurance benefits under the Medicare program. Introduced May 20 by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 2175. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to enhance beneficiary access in rural areas to quality health care services under the Medicare program. Introduced May 20 by Rep. Max Sandlin (D-TX), referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H.R. 2182. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under Part B for medically necessary dental procedures. Introduced May 21 by Rep. Michael Ferguson (R-NJ), referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 2199. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary program for limiting maximum out-of-pocket expenditures for beneficiaries under the Medicare program. Introduced May 21 by Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA), referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means.
Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
- Reimbursement:
TAX BILL: STATES GET HELP, BUT RURAL PROVIDERS MUST WAIT
States will get $20 billion in new federal money under the economic growth package passed [...] - Medicaid:
COMMERCE NAMES MEDICAID TASK FORCE
In search of Medicaid revisions to enhance the program and save cash, House Energy and [...] - Medicare+Choice:
2004 PAYMENT RATES OFFER LITTLE HELP TO STRUGGLING M+COS
Will this be the straw that breaks Medicare+ Choice's back or the final insult that [...] - Medicare+Choice:
SOCIAL HMO PROGRAM COULD BE NEARING END
Medicare+Choice plans that have wanted to get in on Medicare's social HMO demonstration may never [...] - Pharmaceuticals:
DRUG REBATE EXPERIMENT WEATHERS HIGH COURT CHALLENGE
A state program that could point toward lower reimbursement for the nation's drugmakers came one [...] - Long-Term Care:
MEDICAID SHORTFALLS BODE ILL FOR NURSING HOMES' BOTTOM LINES
The sunset of Medicare add-on payments last year, looming therapy caps, proposed bad-debt reimbursement changes [...] - Labs:
WHAT TO EXPECT ON CLIA SURVEYS -THIS QUARTER
Good news for clinical labs: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is keeping surveyors [...] - Hospitals:
HOSPITALS MUST BEEF UP POST-ACUTE TRANSFER COMPLIANCE
Hospitals with high error rates for post-acute transfers could be in for aggressive enforcement actions [...] - Hospitals:
RURAL HOSPITAL TRUMPS FEDS ON DSH
Rural facilities may be more likely to qualify for disproportionate share hospital payments than they [...] - Physicians:
SPECIALTY HOSPITALS FEEL THE HEAT
The compliance ground rules for physician-owned specialty hospitals could be in for a major shakeup. [...] - Hospitals:
GETTING IT RIGHT ON OPPS MULTIPLE-PROCEDURE CLAIMS
A hospital's misunderstanding of outpatient prospective payment system billing rules has caught the attention of [...] - PROGRAM MEMO ROUNDUP
Health care providers who've been shortchanged on services involving mammography-related computer aided detection equipment may [...] - BILL WATCH
The following House bills were introduced: H.R. 2151. A bill to amend title XVIII of [...] - REGISTER WATCH
Arkansas and Michigan will each get another chance to argue for state plan amendments previously [...]
