Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
BILL WATCH
Bills introduced in the House: HR 3458. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the Medicare and Medicaid programs of certain screening procedures for diabetic retinopathy, and to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish pilot programs to foster such screening. Introduced Nov. 6 by Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means. HR 3464. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the Medicare program of audiologic rehabilitation services. Introduced Nov. 6 by Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA), referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means. HR 3481. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate cost sharing under the Medicare program for bone mass measurements. Introduced Nov. 7 by Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means.
Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
- Medicare Reform:
FRIST, HASTERT PROPOSE, PREMIUM SUPPORT COMPROMISE
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) shook up the [...] - Rehab:
REHAB PROVIDERS RALLY AGAINST 75 PERCENT RULE
The City of Brotherly Love is showing no love for the proposed "fix" to the [...] - Reimbursement:
GOOD NEWS FOR HOSPITALS, BAD NEWS FOR REHAB
Hospitals will get an average 4.5 percent reimbursement increase for outpatient services under the Centers [...] - DME:
Supplier Number Process Sputters Back To Life
A select few will begin receiving their supplier number soon. "Don't call us, we'll call [...] - EMTALA:
8 THINGS HOSPITALS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW EMTALA GUIDANCE
Don't get caught off guard by state surveyors or the OIG. Are you up to [...] - Medicare Appeals:
CMS RULE CREATES NEW APPEAL TOOL
A final rule published in the Nov. 7 Federal Register rounds out the arsenal available [...] - HIPAA:
KEEP DIRECTORIES IN LINE WITH HIPAA RULES
OCR clarifies the impact of HIPAA privacy rules on patient directories. Hospitals got some clarification [...] - Enforcement:
FRAUD-FIGHTERS TOUT RECORD-BREAKING YEAR
Allowing your commitment to compliance to waver could cost you big. Think the campaign against [...] - ESRD:
DIALYSIS FACILITIES UNDER THE GUN
Dialysis facilities who run into trouble on surveys will face much harsher penalties than they [...] - BILL WATCH
Bills introduced in the House: HR 3458. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX [...] - CMS MANUAL UPDATE
The annual update to local clinical laboratory fees will be 2.6 percent in 2004, the [...]
